Re: Phytophthera
Do you have any photos?
George
-----Original Message-----
From: kathie morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:11:45 -0800
Subject: Re: Phytophthera
Hi, David!
It's phytophthora infestans, and they say it's what caused the potato famine
in Ireland. I've seen entire vineyards lost to it here in CA.
Kathie
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>From: "DAVID ASMAN" <kingdavid1.uk@btopenworld.com>
>To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>Subject: Re: Phytophthera
>Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2005, 1:05 AM
>
> HI Cathy,
> Are you sure it is not PHYLLOXERA that you are refering.
>
> David Asman
> England
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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