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Gold Hill, Oregon

what do you do for stem splits and fruit splits?

1/14/2009 3:52:55 AM

Georgia

For Stem Splits I just paint a little Daconil on them and also Spray a little bleach solution on them. Fruit Splits I dont know once there split I think alls you can do is caulk them and move on.

1/14/2009 8:31:56 AM

Sheridan . NY

>>>VC AND VCP---

1/14/2009 11:23:44 AM

milford, CT,

BPD..I had a stem split last year that I thought was going to end my year on that fruit. It extended 4 inches up the stem....on both sides...and then progressed 3 inches into the shoulder of the fruit. I used a bulb syringe and blew dry captan into the wound..then I set up a fan on it for the next 3 weeks. It scarred up and never was an issue again. It was on the fruit that ended up being my PB 1246 lbs. Dont give up on a stem split...the thickness of the shoulders can be as much as 10 inches thick. As long as you keep it dry and dust with a fungicide you have a shot at saving what might otherwise seem like a fruit that is destined to go down. BUT...sometimes they do go down ..my point is that stem splits aren't always the end of the season. Mark

1/14/2009 9:27:30 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

what is vc and vcp?

1/15/2009 3:43:25 AM

Sheridan . NY

VC IS VIGOR CAL-- A Foliar CALCIUM---] [VCP is VIGOR CAL PHOS-->IS [>Copper Phosphite & Calcium Foliar] Product used by many top grower -- controls powery and downey and heals spilts and helps make plant healthy---

1/15/2009 8:13:19 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

thank you for the information.

1/15/2009 3:01:40 PM

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Cry a lot.

1/15/2009 7:23:24 PM

Dorval,Quebec

Fillet technique(type "fillet" on site search).Works for me sometimes...

1/15/2009 10:32:00 PM

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=257495

1/15/2009 11:28:05 PM