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Midway City, California

About a month before I planted my plants I used weed killer to kill and remove all the weed growth in my patches. That worked fine but I have a feeling that it has caused more abortion and odd shaped pumpkins. Also I think it may have slowed down the growth of the pumpkins. Has any one else have this problem. === Water

8/13/2002 12:09:44 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

What kind of weed killer are we talking here. I use round-up on my jack-o-lantern patches. No problems with growth, funny shaped fruit. The County guys were mowing the other day and were joking about them crossing the highway soon.

8/13/2002 1:50:36 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Hey Water, If you used a systemic weed killer you should have had no problem something like round up. IF you used a sterilizing one like Triox ground would be sterile for up to a year! The in betweeners like Preen would stop new growth but the weeds there would have stayed. None meet your criteria of mutation except a weak triox application. do you remember what ya'll used to clean up the patch.

8/13/2002 2:01:03 PM

Midway City, California

Roundup is what I used. Guess I will have to look at something else. Thanks water

8/13/2002 5:18:07 PM

Tacoma, WA

Round-Up does not stay in the soil! The UV light neutrilizes it in less than a day. It is a "contact" herbivore. There are absolutely no systemic qualities.
I have sprayed an area and within two weeks, new weeds are already breaking ground!

8/13/2002 8:06:48 PM

Southern Illinois

if you are looking for a pre emergence herbacide use dacathal it will keep any grass from comein up in your garden all season,dacathal is good for all vegetable, you can evin spray your pumpkin with it will not hurt it,poast plus will kill most of your broad leaf and you can spray it on your plant also,i also use select 2 ec it is a grass killer it does not hurt my plants,i also use cobra for pre emergence, this year i have been using blazer for post emergence and cobra it has not killed any of my plants and my pumpkins are growing very well,but if you only have 3 or 4 plants i would use dacathal pre emergence,dacathal comes in a 4 lb bag cost around 16.00 dollars

8/14/2002 9:58:32 AM

Puyallup, WA

Ok, OK.....would you believe, "herbicide"? <g>

8/15/2002 9:46:31 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Are you sure its called Dacathal?

8/16/2002 12:07:11 AM

Southern Illinois

sorry for the spelling dacthal

8/16/2002 12:15:50 AM