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KENTUCKY

What could this be?? Look in my diary, and you can see that I lost my 845 Nesbitt, and now loosing my 705 Hopkins the exact same way. I still have 2 plants left, but looking for any ideas on what might have killed my nesbitt and now my hopkins. I just want to insure that I don't loose my other 2 plants that are left.

7/18/2003 3:52:04 PM

WALES, NEW YORK

hey kygrower, i looked in the official pumpkin manual and it kind of resembles that disease phytophtora...but it says that the vines become mushy..did your vines get that way?? the eggs from what i can see look like squash bug eggs...but i'm not sure because i have usally had them under the leaves, not really on the stems...

7/19/2003 12:30:51 AM

KENTUCKY

The vines are not mushy on the 2nd plant (yet??) the Hopkins), but when i pulled up the Nesbitt, the vines were mushy where it was dead. The egg things I'm pretty sure was squash bugs as several people said. I've taken them out for sure now.
Yesterday about 5:00 p.m. I drenched the plant and area and cut the main off that was the worst (the last 3-4 ft) & NO SVB's. This morning the plant looks better, but it will wilt and look terrible in a couple of hrs as the Nesbitt did.
I just don't want to loose my last 2 plants that are very healthy. I've treated the plants with daconil and applied Merit to the stump area as Tremor suggested (once a week with the daconil) since the Nesbitt 1st showed signs of trouble. My other 2 plants are fine and healthy but this second plant (Hopkins) was closet to the Nesbitt that I lost. Could whaterever my problem is, "Jump" and spread to the Hopkins? If so, can I stop it from getting my other 2 plants?
When I looked in the offical book (volume 2) Phyto is about the closet thing I could find aslo. If it is, HOW CAN I STOP IT FROM GETTING MY OTHER 2 PLANTS?

Frustrated in KY

Thanks in advance for any responses,

Good luck to all as the lbs. begin to pile on

7/19/2003 7:47:39 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Hey Kentucky,
tried to send ya an email but your box was full! if the wilt is coming on everyday with the sun could be a rooting problem...check for nematodes...tiny nodules on the roots..I would definitely get a tissue sample done...don't wait the longer it takes to find out what it is the longer your gonna have the problem...i waited 2 years figuring it was something I was doing wrong...if it is soil borne pathogen or bug vectored virus might as well nip it right here before it ruins all the square footage...good luck!
Chuck

7/19/2003 8:30:59 AM

Long Island,New York

I gotta agree with Chuck....get the test. I jerked around for three-four years trying to identify a leaf disorder by pictures on the web, in textbooks, emailing pictures to pumpkin growers and taking advice/opinions from well wishing, less-than-accurate "professionals". On Wednesday I got fed up...I left work at lunch, cut a leaf off the plant, dug up a root sample under the leaf, and grabbed a fallen rotted leaf that was green as grass last week.I took them all down to a pathogens lab where a scientist prepared slides and examined them in front of me and asked a kazillion questions. Now I know whats held me back for four years and can move on from here. Take some samples...call your local agricultural cooperative and get a place to take them...save yourself years of guessing, aggivation, self doubt....and failure.

7/19/2003 3:22:39 PM

Greenwood,Indiana

Kygrower,
Until you figure out what it is you might want to consider a couple fungicides to help save your other plants. The following fungicides can be used as either foliar or a drench. Cleary 3336 is a Broad spectrum fungicide that will cover many dieseases. It works systemically to protect your plant. Subdue is another. It covers the diseases cleary does not. They compliment other well. My final suggestion is A product called Quadris, Same as Heritage. The active ingredient is azoxystrobin. This one actually has some curative properties about it, which is very rare among fungicides. You might ask around and see if anyone on this list has some extra to spare. I know Tom Beachy just ordered some Cleary. You might check with him. Buying these products on your own without splitting them can be very expensive.

Hope this helps.

7/19/2003 7:07:41 PM