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Quebec

I saw a crack in the stump where a secondary joined on and today it was starting to foam, So i cut the secondary off and cleaned out all the orange parts that i could on the main. Then i put white sugar in the open spot.

Does anyone think this was good or bad idea?

7/23/2011 3:30:57 PM

Pataskala,OH

are you joking? lol Sugar sound like the worst thing you could add. You will feed the disease.

7/23/2011 3:33:10 PM

South East

No not a good idea. When you make bread you put sugar in the yeast to feed it. Same thing here. Bleach it and put a fan on it. Why sugar? Sorry have to ask.

7/23/2011 3:38:34 PM

Quebec

unfortunately i wasn't joking. Someone told me to put sugar and i put quite a bit not sure if i will be able to get it out. Do i put just regular bleach and how much water should i mix it with?

7/23/2011 3:45:27 PM

South East

We put bleach on a cloth and wipe the infected area. Also add some sulfur powder if you can get some. Then put a fan on it. The thing is to keep it dry, so a cover would be a good idea too. :)

7/23/2011 3:51:18 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

Kris, before you take advice from sombody make sure its sound advice. I had a similar issue when my plant was young. Clean the area out put some strate bleach on it with a tooth brush, brushing the bad areas off thrn rinse it, apply some sulfur powder and put a fan on it to dry it. At night cover it to protect it from the dew thats prevalent at night and early morning. You gotta treat the infection then prevent further outbreak. this time of the year when the kins start to put on weight all sort of=disease seems to happen. Stress to the plant comes in many forms. Powdery mildew and foamers. Its stresfull for the growers to. Im in the same boat buddy. Gotta keep the plant in check because once a plant grts sick it needs a doctor to get better, the doctor being you. If you got a fungal isue they can get away from you quick. Good luck my friend.

7/23/2011 4:58:21 PM

Adams County

Kris, I use Daconil 1/2 ounce, nutri cal 1/4 ounce, kitchen flower 1 teaspoon mix together and make a paste. clean bad area and paste the mixture on the area, make sure it stays dry. works for me ....

7/23/2011 5:45:56 PM

Quebec

Thanks for all the info guys :). i got it pretty well cleaned out i will put some bleach on it for now because thats all i have. It should stay dry, there is a lot of wind where it is. Only problem is i'm going to be gone for a week so i guess my plant will have to fend for itself.

If the problem gets worse would it be better to cut the main root off and just let the roots from all the vines feed the pumpkin? The pumpkin is at 18 feet.

7/23/2011 6:11:47 PM

Quebec

Well i couldn't stop thinking about it, so i went back out at 11 pm and started cutting me main vine to see what it looked like and it wasn't that great. Since i'm going to be away for a week didn't want it to spread i cut the stump right off and then cut the main vine up a foot to where is was nice and green. My pumpkin is only at 10 days now so i guess i'll see how big of pumpkin i can grow with just the vine roots.

7/23/2011 11:21:29 PM

Lloydminster/AB

I had the same sort of crack. I cut it open a little then applied a dry fungicide. I dug a small trench from the cracked area to let the fluid drain out. It occurred to me that the stump area was wet from the foam and crack and not from overwatering..anyway I built a small shelter over it and placed a fan on it that will be there for the rest of the season. The next day I rinsed it out with a 10% bleach solution and sucked out the extra fluid with a turkey baster. I continued to suck the extra fluid when necessary and now it is quite dry. I don't think it is cured but I have it under control.
I think a plant has more than enough secondary rooting to grow huge fruit. I would bet that a younger fruit would be able to withstand the switch to the other roots without missing a beat. Good luck.

7/24/2011 1:08:42 AM

Tinykinville

well good thing you had kenny the HH who answers every question and has grown so many monster to tell ya, even though what you did was bad, he had to say how good he was and not to listen to others, to further destroy you plant with pure bleach, i dont know ill give you my advice, scrape away the bad, which would be the brown, use a ten to twenty percent bleach spray afterwards, just to disinfect then do light dusting of sulfer, repeat light bleach mix and sulfer till plant stops any bleeding or rotting.

7/24/2011 3:56:08 AM

Rhode Island

sometimes new growers confuse a foaming stump with one that is just sapping due to a split? not sure what you have?
if its a true foamer the base around the stump with have a wet ring. lets call it "RING AROUND THE COLLAR"
as soon as that ring appears we spring into action.cutting a pencil sized hole in the side or bottom of the base which will allow the foam to exit the base rather than build up and travel down the main (which will cause bigger problems down the road )
we inspect daily, spray with a bleach water solution (dont need a lot ),dust with sulfer powder.
keep the base covered when watering -then exposed to the sun when not watering, and we keep a fan pointed directly into the opening we made.
the earlier you catch a foamer the better your chances of clearing it up.

7/24/2011 8:18:36 AM

Williston, VT

Kris, you can grow a decent size pumpkin with out a stump, I've heard many who have. Last year I went on vacation for 8 days and when I got back my stump was foaming, tried to save it but the rot had already got into the main, so Aug 1st I removed the stump. At that point the pumpkin was around 280 lbs (only 13.5' out) and it went on to go 1126 lbs. So don't throw in the towel just yet.

7/25/2011 12:39:57 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

This is not the 1st time I have heard this done or a grower got confused. I think in some areas Agricultural Sulpher is refered to as Sugar..

7/25/2011 1:09:48 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

nice spelling on sulfur

7/25/2011 1:12:26 PM