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Luskville Quebec Canada

hi everyone , anybody had a blossom end cut flush and grow a good pumpkin out of it,

this is whats happening on the pumpkin i would like to keep
it started rotting and i slashed it flush , still has a little bit of darker brown tissue in the center ,
seems to be growing well ?

7/3/2016 9:18:45 PM

Central NY

Mine rotted last season .. Still grew good for me..

7/3/2016 9:51:33 PM

South of Buffalo

paint concentrated fungicide (I use daconil) and put a fan on it and hopefully it doesn't travel into the fruit or pinhole. I cut mine off this morning but not flush as I caught it in time

7/3/2016 9:59:50 PM

Central NY

What causes it Jeff?

7/3/2016 10:30:44 PM

Partlow,Va

bacteria causes the rot. If this problem occurs I will cut the blossum off til you see no brown, be careful and dot the cut area only with rubbing alcohol(or use peroxide which can touch the fruit), then I put Captan fungicide powder on the cut blossum.

To alleviate this problem I now on day 2 and 3 remove the bloom asap. Most times it looks brown but all of that usually pulls off. Then I take a q-tip with hydrogen peroxide and clean the blossum and lobes and put a small fan blowing indirectly by the blossum end.

7/4/2016 8:35:03 AM

South of Buffalo

what hank said, I pull the flower off late in on the day of pollination to try and avoid this but it still happens. I try to avoid cutting flush as you have less wiggle room.

7/4/2016 9:28:18 AM