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Buffalo, Minnesota

Hey pumpkin fanatics, i need some help despratly, i got two pumpkins on one plant one on main vine and one on secondary vine, somehow both are really close to eachother about a foot away, and they are not growing very fast anymore im really thinking of culling them one of them has a small hole where i think a squash vine borer has entered and then the other one seems to have a small crack on the stem and is almost hitting my biggest pumpkin right next to it, any suggestions would be kind, thanks ~Bill

8/10/2000 1:33:49 AM

PA

I'm only a third year grower but this sounds like one of those things where you just have to go with your gut instinct. I would not worry about which one is bigger,which one do you think has the worse problem. I'm not real familiar with SVB problems but I have had some stem cracks and if their not very bad they can be pasted with Captan. I guess the one with the Borer problem would depend on where the damage is. Tell us more.
Amy

8/12/2000 12:54:35 PM

Buffalo, Minnesota

well i cut that one with the hole in it, im now thinking that i coulda dug the thing out twith a little bit of pumpkin ER but it was too crowded anyway, and hey, an 80.lbs pumpkin looka cool on your doorstep in the beginning of august and no one else has one,lol

8/13/2000 3:13:34 AM