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Re: My stem rotted out!

Lisa,

Depending on the progress of the rot you may be able to save her by
scraping out the rot with a spoon or knife and apply a paste of Captan. 

Sometimes this works sometimes it does not!

I was told by our local nursery you can't buy Captan in Calif. anymore but
I found a large supply of it at Home Depo, they indicated they had no
problem getting it and it was still legal in Calif.

On a second note I tried an experiment this year with stems & Captan.

On several of my pumpkins I applied a paste of captan to the stem at a very
early stage of growth, middle of August, about the time the stem begins to
swell and develop stress cracks.

There was no reason to apply any captan but I did so for precaution.

On several other pumpkins I did not apply any captan to the stems early on.

Those pumpkins which I applied the captan to early on are all very healthy
and in good shape so far, those which I did not apply captan too are all
off the vine due to stem rot.

Chris Andersen
Moraga, Calif. 

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> 
> This is my first year growing and my pumpkin vine grew a pumpkin that
dtopped
> growing at about 40lbs. I love him though.  Anyway I went out to check on
him
> and the stem is all rotted out! I planted him rather early and I think he
is
> almost done. But I think his inner self still needs to grow. Is this the
end
> for him? Half of the stem is still there. What should I do?
> Lisa
> San Diego
> God Bless Mother Teresa!
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