Re: Phytophthera
HI Cathy,
Are you sure it is not PHYLLOXERA that you are refering.
David Asman
England
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From: "kathie morgan" <fishrap@earthlink.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:12 AM
Subject: Phytophthera
> Hi Guys!
> Have any of you had any experience with phytophthera? I used to know it as
a
> grape disease, but this summer I and my neighbors all over the county are
> finding it to be the scourge of tomatoes too. Can it, will it, affect AG
> pumpkins?
> Also, how edible/usable are field pumpkins for human beings like me? Can I
> put it in a pie? Can I eat it by and by?
> Thanks!
> Kathie
> --
>
>
> ----------
> >From: Dave Squires <djsquires@ultraplix.com>
> >To: pumpkins@hort.net
> >Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing In the Secret Patch
> >Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2005, 9:09 AM
> >
>
> > How about whitetail deer getting through an electric fence and munching
> > about
> > a fourth of one at the 50lb point. There's a big hole in it where you
> > can see the seeds
> > and seed beds inside. I leave it there anyway and it just keeps growing
> > and must
> > be at about the 100lb point with the hole looking smaller as the days go
by.
> > It just won't die. Weirdest thing I have seen so far. It even rained
> > and got standing
> > water inside and it still keeps growing. No sign of stopping yet. Even
> > mice pay a visit
> > leaving their telltale droppings all over it.
> > Well, at least I should get some seeds for next year out of it.
> >
> > ---DRS
> >
> > vince wrote:
> >
> >>I've often wondered what motivates the continual malevolent
> >>antics of the pumpkin gods. What drives them to bestow such
> >>unspeakable horrors on gentle nurturing pumpkin growers? Their
> >>treacherous creativity this year is unsurpassed and the
> >>resulting misery index of pumpkin growers seems at an all-time
> >>high....
> >>
> >>I've read with dismay the tormented stories on this list and on
> >>bigpumkins.com where growers casually reveal their personal
> >>pumpkin tragedies - doing their best to hide their angst... but
> >>in the background you can hear the laughter of the pumpkin gods
> >>and you know that they're just gonna dig it in....
> >>
> >>There's a first time grower somewhere near you - who just threw
> >>a seed in the ground... and will show up at the weigh-off with
> >>a perfectly sound 1,200 pounder... They are such shits!
> >>
> >>So - thanks to the criminal insensitivity of the pumpkin
> >>gods... (and my own stupidity) my season has quietly slipped
> >>down the toilet... (can you sense the angst?) and so it goes...
> >>so it goes...
> >>
> >>I was going to reveal the whole horrible story... the stump
> >>that frothed at the mouth like a rabid dog, the squirming
> >>hordes of critters, the plagues of black aphids, the waves of
> >>rats. It is a truly horrific story that bleeds gallons of
> >>vile, rotting pumpkin juice. But - I will not give those
> >>bastards the pleasure.....
> >>
> >>My last lingering hope, slowly and painfully assumed a
> >>grotesque twisted shape so hideous - the plant mercifully
> >>aborted it at about 200 pounds.
> >>
> >>There are still some surprises in the secret patch, some oddly
> >>geometric, some strangely deformed, some showing glowing hints
> >>of a glorious orange.
> >>
> >>I just cringe at the thought of what the pumpkin gods have in
> >>store for them....
> >>
> >>vince
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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