RE: Rotting Stem


The same thing happened to us here a couple weeks ago. The spot was a little
larger than a quarter. I immediately scraped the soft brown flesh away
making sure to go farther into the green conductive tissue. While scraping I
sprayed a 5% bleach solution on the knife & damaged area. 

Lastly I dusted the area with straight Captan 50W powder. 

So far she has stayed dry. We don't have electricity near the patch so I was
relieved that a fan wasn't needed. 

Stephen Jepsen
CT GS&PGA President
 
Grow 'Em BIG
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
pclements
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:02 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Rotting Stem

A couple of days ago, I noticed the stem of one of my pumpkins had begun to
rot.  I scraped away the rotted portion and coated the whole stem in a
sulfur
paste.  Perhaps an act of desperation, as fluid is beginning to drip though
the dried paste.  Is there anything else I can do, or is her fate sealed?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Dave
Willet, NY

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