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Rudolph

ok this morning one of my main pumpkins split to the core the split was open for maby 30 min if not less, i put foam isilation in the split and sealed it i dont think no air got in. so did any one have this happen at such a young age? and were you able to save it? or is that pumpkin done for? by the way i do not have any back up's on that plant and the soonest i can get a pollination would be around the 30th. all thought's welcome thx. ill get a pic in here soon of the split

7/28/2008 11:24:07 AM

Ontario, Canada.

Enjoy it while you can. Take photo's of the kids on it cause she's gonna go down in a few weeks time.

Such problems as these can be dealt with but rarely does a fruit with a blossom end split this early ever make it to weigh off day. It is not uncommon for a BES fruit to still gain lots of weight after such an incident. I had one gain over 300 pounds in 2005 after I patched up a BES. I also had one make it to weigh off that did seal up by itself, but it had only a very tiny hole into the cavity, that I caught immediately.

The mortality rate of your fruit is nearly 100% with occurring so early in the season.

Sorry for the bad news!

Russ

7/28/2008 12:04:14 PM

Rudolph

hmm thats not very good news none the less i think ill let her stay on the vine and see what happens.

7/28/2008 10:01:14 PM

Simi valley, ca

Theres still time for the one on 30th to get big !! Be prepared ,If it gets hot there ,protect with shade ahead of time-you sure would not want that one to abort !

7/29/2008 10:39:24 AM

Rudolph

well today the split got big so i cut off the furit the pumpkin went 20% heavy, to bad ughh. i should have 3 or 4 pollination's on that plant in about 1 to 3 days time. ps. the pumpkin was only 70 pounds

7/29/2008 3:37:53 PM