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Bridgewater, NJ

For one of my field pumpkin plants, all new growth has shriveled, no flowers at all, the leaves are drooping in cool mildly sunny weather, and the fruit i set on it is already ripe (i think) its turned orange from the green. My question is should i just cull the fruit and trash the plant now, how long does it take a field pumpkin's seeds to mature?

8/8/2002 11:45:46 AM

Western Pa.

Sounds like a victim of bacterial wilt,you may get some viable seeds, but doesn't sound like there's much hope for that plant.

8/9/2002 9:49:18 AM

Bridgewater, NJ

too late, i pulled the plant, found 1 SVB in new growth that shrivelled, found another HUGE one in the vine itself, and after trashing the plant, i had left perhaps one inch of vine attached to the stem...and inside i found ANOTHER ONE..i cut off the vine partm and took out the bug..it would have gone in..so that plant is in the garbage, i decided to check the others, and i am now at a total of 11 SVB found..yikes

8/9/2002 11:36:44 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

yikes!

8/9/2002 12:39:36 PM