Re: stem split

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• To: "Bill Verchère" <b*@island.net>, <S*@aol.com>
• Subject: Re: stem split
• From: "* b* <d*@saltspring.com>
• Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:57:56 -0700

And there's always spray-crete....

You comin' to the fair this weekend?

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> From: Bill Verchère <billv@island.net>
> To: ScMay29@aol.com
> Cc: Pumpkin Newsgroup <pumpkins@athenet.net>
> Subject: Re: stem split
> Date: September 18, 1997 8:54 PM
> 
> 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
> 
> ----------
> > 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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