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Ray, North Dakota

Does everyone compost them and till them back into the garden? I have lots from just one plant.

9/2/2006 11:42:03 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Remove them from the garden....Throw them on a burn pile...burn..burn..burn...

9/2/2006 12:04:51 PM

Ray, North Dakota

They spread that much disease or is it pests?

9/2/2006 1:26:44 PM

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If they show signs of disease then "yes", burn baby burn.

But if the vines are still free of insects & disease you can till them under.

9/2/2006 5:28:49 PM

Ray, North Dakota

Powdery mildew = burn?

I will burn it anyway.....

9/2/2006 9:20:01 PM

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Actually Powdery Mildew spores are not spread in this way. Just a few days without green live plant tissue & the PM spores die. ALL Powdery Mildew spores are air-borne. NONE live in soil.

Fusarium, Rhizoctonia & Phytophthora diseases should burn.

If Bacterial wilts are a concern then I'd burn them too. Not because the wilt survives but because the insects that harbor them should burn.

9/3/2006 10:23:50 AM

Nashville, TN

I've always felt that the plants are similar to the livestock - in both cases it's not wise to 'feed' the same species back to itself..... I either throw the vines/rotting 'kins into the back pastures (after scraping seeds out) or compost them for use in the front flower/herb gardens...

Anything showing possible disease is generally thrown in our burn pit....

9/3/2006 11:08:31 AM

Ray, North Dakota

I had to pick all of my jack-o-lanterns last night. Powdery mildew took every plant down. Haven't had a chance to spray with fungicide. Lots of vines to go to the burn pile now.

My lone AG has no PM at all. I will still spray him when I get the chance.

9/3/2006 12:58:45 PM