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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Umbrella Sacrificed
You have to look close, but if you look toward the bottom of the image you can see what looks like white dots on the vine. This is the hail damage, but then as you work your way up the vine, and you get past the leaf node, you will notice a normal looking vine which continues all the way to the pumpkin. The reason for this line of damage and no damage is the undamaged portion was under the umbrella that took the brunt the hail and saved the vine and also the baby pumpkin (for the most part). Yes, the umbrella needs to be replaced but at least it looks like the actual pumpkin is showing minimal signs of damage.
The pumpkin in the picture (my 2145 McMullen ’15) is inside of a 5-gallon paint strainer bag which I use on all of my pumpkins to protect them from any potential bird, chipmunk, squirrel, or “other varmint” damage. I like these bags because they breathe so the pumpkins do not get to hot and also allow me to visually inspect the pumpkins and move them as they grow. The material is similar to insect netting so it also keeps bugs off the small maturing pumpkins. I put these on the day after (or so) I spray them with Anthesis.
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