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Monday, July 25, 2016
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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This is Yellow Vine Decline (or Yellow Vine Disease) abbreviated YVD
What makes this unique is that there will be a yellowing to lime green color in the leaves that typically travels down a vine. The plant will not set any pumpkins and if there are any growing pumpkin on the plant they will abort. It is transmitted by squash bugs and even though I have only seen two the entire season and no evidence of any egg masses with a good spray program you can still contract this disease. My recommendation is to pull the plant and hope it does not spread to any others in the patch. So, my 1998.5 Jutras plant is no more.
Seems like the hits keep coming this year in my patch, but I am still hopeful to get a pumpkin (no matter the size) to a scale this year.
On a positive note I am seeing the return of newly growing vine tips! I am taking this as a sign that my newly installed electric netting is working. Time will tell for sure, but at least there is some hope that I will have some bigger plants in the near future.
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