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Re: DAMN NO GOOD MUSH!

Does this diseas hit at ground level where the vines are burried and the
plant material turns brown and basically turns to mush?.......if it is then
it is because your water has a high PH level.......this happens to me when
I use town water, thats why I have 2-50 gallon rain barrels that I use.

Troy.
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> From: T D AKER <tooger@roanoke.infi.net>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: DAMN NO GOOD MUSH!
> Date: Monday, September 08, 1997 11:25 AM
> 
> How's things in pumpkinland everyone?
> Well, things have been rough here in VA.
> As some of you might remember, back in July
> I wrote a note telling everyone how my vines were wilting from the base
of
> the vine, one leaf at a time to the front.Well, to my suprise none of my
> vines actually died ater the initial wilt.The vines were weeping from the
> base a white goo.I stopped watering for a bit, and treated them with some
> fungicide and they seemed to recover, tho' some of them still wilted at
the
> drop of a hat.Anyway,I struggled on into August and even started some
> pumpkins on the sick vines.To my suprise, one of my sicker vines managed
to
> produce a 350 pound pumpkin.It was growing great until this past Saturday
> when I noticed the wilt had returend with a vengeance! This time, the
leaves
> were not only wilting from the back,but are wilting on the end of the
vine,
> and the side vines as well.I looked closer and found that the vines had
> turned to mush in three different places.I had the vines buried and that
> seemed to be where the rot was it's worst.It's NOT vine borers!
> I have no idea what this crap is.Some of you have given me a few ideas,
but
> it really dosen't act that much like any of them.The best one so far was
> from I think George Brooks who said it was something called "Khune's
> Disease" or something like that.I sent a test to our local County Agent
in
> July when it hit, but they bungled my test,and
> I gave up on them.I'm going to send another one in and hope this time
they
> can help me.I can only hope my dying vine can hang on another week or two
> till my pumpkin cures some. It's still yellow and I can't see it
surviving
> til October.I have also been very interested in the the letters on this
list
> talking about a "Strange Wilting Disease".I'm inclined to believe this is
> the same disease that has struck my patch this year.
> I really had a fast grower on that vine, and looking at my plant now, I'm
> amazed it grew to the size it has.I still have a few other 100 and 200
> pounders, and maybe one other vine that had a late start that may do
> something for me, but I'm really in a mess if I can't find out what this
> junk is before next year.I had one vine do this last year, and it must be
in
> the soil, tho' I'm not even sure of that.What really ticks me off is that
I
> think I was on my way to a real prizewinner,and now I'll be lucky if my
350
> pounder can limp along till Halloween.Any help you guys can give me on
this
> "mystery disease", or of some way to save my pumpkin til Halloween would
be
> appreciated very much.
> Thanks
> Tim Aker
> 
>
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