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Powhatan,virginia

my vine has dried up and broke away from the stem now the stem is soft and feels like and looks like its rotting will covering it in captan paste preserve it till the weigh off on the 26th of this month

9/9/2009 6:33:01 PM

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It might - keep it dry if you can.

9/9/2009 6:41:15 PM

Ohio

Bleach and water will dry her out fast.

9/9/2009 8:55:49 PM

NW Iowa, USA

I'm experiencing the same problem! The stem is rotting away, I expect it to fall completely off in the next days.. hoping a few threads will remain to feed the fruit. The vines and leaves all look healthy, I have no idea why it is rotting.
What should one do in this situation? (NW Iowa)

9/9/2009 11:00:24 PM

Bloomington, IN

scrape away any rotted tissue, spray the area with a 10% bleach solution, let it sit for a minute or two, dry with paper towel, apply a dry fungicide like sulphur powder or captan (if a liquid fungicide then straight from the bottle undiluted), put a fan on it if you can until it dries.

9/9/2009 11:58:04 PM

Powhatan,virginia

thanks we will give it a try

9/10/2009 11:38:14 AM

ordinary,VA

Hang on to her Doug.....got your email:hang on to her Doug, see you at the weigh-off.
keep her dry buddy & do what has been posted above you should be fine.

9/10/2009 6:18:09 PM

NW Iowa, USA

The stem on mine has nearly completely rotted through, there's no drying or scraping away to be done! Did I just miss my window of opportunity, or something else going on? The vine at the stem looks fine, the pumpkin itself appears fine & solid (although there's a strong smell near the stem area).
Any suggestions? Thanks!

9/10/2009 9:01:39 PM