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Maine

should I panic with 25 days to go? Fruit is firm, growth is
a slow 5-10# a day...wipe it off a couple of times a day and letting sun get to it....at 530 right now.

9/5/2012 5:34:18 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Anne,

I waZ instructed to clean out all the old rot, paint it with straight up Chlorox with a brush, let dry, then dust with Capton fungacide.... pumpkins still growing....Add fan if you can.....Good Luck

Last year I had one that completely rotted the stem, and lost the pumpkin... dont let it just sit there....

9/5/2012 5:43:03 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

Wiz- iz borax the same az clorox??

Thanx

9/5/2012 6:06:59 PM

Maine

yes, borax same as clorox...was told 10% bleach to 90% water...

9/5/2012 6:51:06 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Borax is not the same as Clorox...One is Sodium Borate(Borax) One is Sodium Hypochlorite(Bleach)

9/5/2012 7:13:39 PM

Maine

sorry....you're probably right...in Maine used interchangeably...wrongly so, I guess! But straight bleach? Is that safe??

9/5/2012 7:42:16 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

So borox would not be your first choice Linus. If not ,is Javex the same as chlorox??

9/5/2012 7:43:14 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

10% is what you use...We use clorox wipes when we carve pumpkins...

9/5/2012 8:46:48 PM

Perry Iowa USA

If you need to use a fan and don't have electricity-you can buy a camping fan that uses batteries.The only trouble is those four "D" batteries get a little pricey running it 24/7.

9/5/2012 11:46:11 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

I sraped all the crap off the stem and vine and doused it with peroxide for 2 days. What a differance a day makes!! Things are healing up quite nicely.Sunshine helped also> 24 days to show time!!!

9/6/2012 4:49:24 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Well I scraped good yesterday morning....ALL day in the SUN...by 5PM it looked great. Then thiZ AM...more scraping was needed....so I painted on the Cholorox at noon today...100% with a brush...time will tell. I was using the lysol wipeZ....sayZ my pumpkin wont get the hippie viruZ.....lol

9/6/2012 5:16:16 PM

Maine

I ended up using hydrogen peroxide...was amused to see the bubbling action, but it lifted all of the crap out of there, and the sun the past two days dried the cracks really well...will have to remember that next time! heavy rain coming, will cover all with a tarp, but with some room for airflow....thanks all of you!!

9/7/2012 5:36:11 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Great Anne, I hope to have just a good of resultZ>..I hit mine last night with a nice caking of Capton....Time will tell...

9/7/2012 5:55:38 PM

Maine

Thanks, Wiz!! Be glad when we weigh in 23 days...will let you guys know....powdery mildew took down the "normal" pumpkin patch this week, but the giant and her plant (right next to it) are still green and healthy....lots of beer for the grownups when the pumpkin hits the trailer on Sept 29!!!

9/7/2012 6:35:45 PM