Re: stem split

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• Subject: Re: stem split
• From: "* V* <b*@island.net>
• Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 20:54:02 -0700

The same thing happened to me a week or so ago. I mixed up a Captan & water
paste to the consistency of pancake mix, and poured it into the crack.
Added cotton-batting soaked in the same stuff, sprayed more all around, and
protected everything with fiberglass insulation. I'm hoping that will stop
rotting.

For good measure I plastered $10 worth of duct tape around the half of the
pumpkin with the crack in hopes of stopping it from getting bigger.

So far so good.

Bill

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> My 200 pound pumpkin has developed a split over the last 4 days that has
> increased steadily as the pumpkin continues to grow. The split is almost
an
> inch wide at the junction of the stem and the pumpkin itself. Should I
> harvest it or let it continue to grow. If I leave it to grow more, is
there
> something I should do to the split area to protect it from disease or
> insects? 
> 

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