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Friday, June 20, 2014
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Tell tale sign of virus!
This is a Potyvirus, and most likely Water Melon Mosaic-2. While the mottled appearance of the leaves is an obvious indication of virus when you see green splotches on immature fruit this is confirmation your plant has a virus infection. Depending on the stage of plant development and the timing of infection it is possible to grow a pumpkin over 1,000 pounds (pumpkin should be 20+ days old upon infection), I decided to remove the plant in hopes of saving the others I have growing around it. Odds are I may be too late already, but I felt this was worth a chance.
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