RE: Vandals....

Sorry Scott! People never cease to disappoint me!
All I can say about the Borax is from my experience this year. My Brother's
fruit is still on the vine and is going to make to the finish line (short
any pumpkinacide by idiots). The Borax paste has seemed to end stem rot and
heal the wound. The expanding foam sounds like a heck of an idea.
Good Luck.
Steve Haberman

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Fawcett Brian
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:12 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Vandals....

Sorry for the news.
You might want to try some "insulating foam sealant".  Comes in a spray can
with a spray tube.  You can squirt it right into the holes and the foam will
expand to fill the space.  Good luck.
PS. I had to use it on my Dill Award speciman this year too.  It's still up,
BF


--- On Sat, 9/19/09, Mankes <mankes@msn.com> wrote:

> From: Mankes <mankes@msn.com>
> Subject: Vandals....
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 7:44 AM
> someone put two .22 bullets into one
> of my giants.  The best looking one too,
> likely a specimen worthy of the Howard Dill award. 
> 350 pounds and the most
> perfect shape and color.  The scary thing is that
> these are planted in a tight
> little 1/2 acre lot subdivision.
>
>
>
>  Does anyone know if the Borax or anything else would be
> able to seal up and
> preserve this pumpkin.  The holes go all the way
> through and are about the
> diameter of a pencil.
>
>
>
> -Scott
>
> Sun Prairie, WI
>
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