Re: help..soft spots
>This is my 1st year growing pumpkins..I planted 6 seeds late in June and have
>huge vines about 20ft long..The leaves are so large you could use them as
>umbrella's..I sprayed with sevin to control the cucumber beetles, cut the
>secondary vines and fertilized with Miracle Grow..I now have 6 pumpkins
>growing ranging in size from one and a half feet in diameter to about 3
>inches in diameter..They are all sort of a yellow color..I put hay rings
>under the bigger ones to prevent them from sitting on the lawn..I noticed
>that a couple of them have developed soft spots which are lighter in color
>than the rest of the pumpkin..Are the soft spots rot?..Some of the pumpkins
>are very shiny yellow and some are dull..I need to know what I should do now
>to get the pumpkins to grow large as fast as possible..It is already the
>middle of Sept and I live in NJ so I don,t have much more time..
>This pumpkin growing experiance is terrific..The kids (and adults) really get
>a kick out of it..Thanks to all in this group for the advice you gave us..
>Best Regards
>Kirk
>
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Just noticed some on mine today............mine were not a good
sign........generally you might be able to scrape out a surface soft spot
and apply a dry fungicide.........BUT if the soft spot is from the inside
going out then its BAD news!!!....the only way to know is to scrape the
soft spot if its not mush to the cavity you might make it......YOURS sound
young and is a sign that there aborting.............hay is not the best
Idea........as if it gets moist it holds the moist and create a rotting
environment....... it more THINK STUFF TO STAY DRY..........sand is what I
use and its average as you have to keep adding it if your lucky........
Dull is not GOOD! But time will tell best of luck!! Brock
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