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Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Entry 76 of 90 |
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General Plant Overview
Clearly not what you want to see with a pumpkin plant but it seems along the main vine has the most damage. This essentially rules out spray damage as most of the spraying is done from outside in so the leaves on the outer most portions of the plant should be the most damaged.
Some may think the pumpkin is simply dehydrating the plant, but the moisture meters in the soil buried at three distinctive plant areas (older growth, near the pumpkin and newer growth) tell a different story and that this has remained consistent over the growing season.
The initial rate matched phytophthora, but what is seen now looks like verticillium wilt. Samples will be collected today and brought to the lab for another opinion and also to see if anything can be cultured from the leaves, vines or roots.
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