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Concord, WI

HI there...I have a slight problem and I think I've caught it in time. The stem of my pumpkin has a teeny tiny, skinny slit. It probably isn't even a 1mm deep but what can I do to make sure it doesn't continue? I'm elevating my vine, etc and have cut the tap roots...any other ideas?

7/23/2009 3:47:28 PM

Rudolph

all stems get spits sooner or later imo, you should put some kind of Fungicide on the split( or alcohol ), and set a fan up asap, as long as the split stays on the stem you'll do fine, it's the one's that migerate to the pumpkin that are the real problem.

7/23/2009 4:10:20 PM

Georgia

Buy Daconil or Ortho garden and disease control same thing....pour some in cap or small cup and paint on young stem splits...It will dry it up and heal it.

7/23/2009 9:05:52 PM

Ohio

I do the same thing Jason does, works like a charm. Ole Beachy trick that he showed me years ago.

7/24/2009 6:01:13 AM