Well, lost the stump on my 1209 today, thats 4 out of 6 plants that I have lost this year with some great pumpkins growing on the vine, and then all of a sudden,,,, WHAM!,,, foaming stump bites you in the ass . I Dont understand it ether, it hasnt been that wet in my area this year, and its the first year using the rootshield, I thought my chances was good as far as not catching a disease as easy, but thats sure wasnt the case at all this year.
I used Rootshield at planting, and at every leaf node that was burried, I also have used Clearys 3336, Alliette, BannerMax, daconil, and the list goes on,,, all on a strict rotation schedule, and one thing I made sure I did this year was good drenches with my fungicides, but guess what,,,, foaming stump on 4 out of 6 plants so far,,, It still didnt help.
Just goes to show ya that no matter how much money you spend on fungicides, or how much work you put in religiously applying the stuff, that it doesnt always mean your not going to lose a plant or two, but in my case 4 plants down and counting. This disese sure has let alot of air out of my tires this year thats for sure.
I sure would like to get a handle on this foaming stump bullshit,but I dont think anyone quite knows for sure yet what really causes it or how to prevent it. Hope we get a break through on this sometime soon.
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