Re: Borax

Hey, Steve, it worked for me, too.  Thanks for the advice.  Steve M.

--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com> wrote:

From: Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com>
Subject: Borax
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 7:31 PM

We have a pumpkin with a split that formed @ three weeks ago. We applied
Borax and Captan to the split. We applied a straight Borax paste every other
day for the last 10 days and have "interesting results".  The fruit is
growing and the stem is "scabbed" and obviously conducting water. I am not
ready to conclude that the Borax is the direct or indirect solution to stem
rot. However, I feel that this treatment warrants further tests.

Observations are observations. I would like to see further data on this
matter. At this time, Borax has SEEMED to treat stem rot.

Steve Haberman

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