Hi Pumpkin Gang, I know I Have not been on much...but I have been reading! We lost ALL of our plants about a month ago! We called the local people here who are supposed to know what is happening...they said that Sonoma Valley has a "Pumpkin Blight"....there will be no pumpkin patches in Sonoma, they have all lost their plants just the same way we did. The only people getting plants with any fruit are the ones out of the Sonoma Valley Area! They wanted to see the plants that we had but they were so dried up that they only could say that they look the same as the others. The squash beetle is all over the valley but the Diazon should have killed them. So what does one do for the Blight???? Are we done trying for pumpkins in this area! They said it has been getting worse and worse every year for the last 3 years! Wishing all of you well!! And hoping you all have award winning pumpkins....I will try again next year!! Kathy Still in Search of the Great Pumpkin...