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Albert County, New Brunswick,CANADA

Maybe this should be in the newbie section for such a lame mistake....it was cool and wet and when I picked up the main vine to free it from stress, SNAP! went the stem on my first pollinated pumpkin just starting to show growth. I was wondering if anyone else has kept going with a snapped pumpkin stem. Its not broken all the way thru....just maybe halfway and I placed it so that the break fits back together. It is leaking however....

7/31/2011 9:13:54 AM

Thunderbay,Ontario

That would have killed me.....

7/31/2011 9:30:52 AM

Albert County, New Brunswick,CANADA

yes...like electricity to the heart.

7/31/2011 11:19:48 AM

Sourthern Utah

well my experience 2 years ago,, like that,, the kin never recovered,, hope you the best

7/31/2011 11:23:56 AM

Rapid City, SD

ah yes, another graduate from the school of hard knocks....welcome to the club. the best way to learn is via mistakes, they are very seldom repeated. i have graduated from this school a few times.

grow em BIG!
matt

7/31/2011 12:45:19 PM

Muddy Waters

half way through,stick her with a fork shes done!Sorry Keeping it real!

7/31/2011 1:01:27 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

Ive never had to deal with that. The old addage still remains. An ounce of prevention is better then a pound of cure. Id try and see what happens. Then again im not sure how bad it is. Sorry buddy.

7/31/2011 1:28:15 PM

Simi valley, ca

I believe you have to take everything into consideration ! Age of plant ? is there a pumpkin showing farther out on main vine? OK that said I am growing one now & it is doing good so far ,.It cracked maybe 1/3 & then length wise also < ,Problem is i needed to take this one as i may get disease later in that patch ! Every circumstance is different ! this one could easily get me a new personal best & win at local weigh-off ? BUT i will never know its true potential now?? It is getting late in yr! BUT did you start late ? it would be ok ?? If you started may 15-30 you would still be ok to take another pumpkin ? Many variables to concider ?

7/31/2011 2:05:41 PM

South Hero, VT

Treat break with Daconil/Captan. Use a roll of gauze to wrap tongue depressors to keep break together. Make a tent to keep moisture off break and put fan under tent to keep the break dry.

I was stupid last year, too. But this procedure still produced a great looking orange pumpkin weighing almost 500 lb.

Of course, there are no guarantees in this game, and your results may vary.

7/31/2011 2:40:52 PM

Upa Creek, MO

I see vines that are almost torn all the way through that still finction normal, so I don't see why not a stem. If it is your only option on that plant, try what Steve said. You'll prob just lose some size potential.

7/31/2011 4:35:42 PM

Rudolph

If you cut/break your stem it is not the end,,trust me,,growers,,even me,,have cut chunks off the stem after a split in order to relieve stress,,and guess what the fruit still grows,,you will lose potential, but that would be expected,

But because your fruit was a young set,,it may abort, time will tell.

7/31/2011 5:18:10 PM

Muddy Waters

Depends on what your goal is?A kin for the kids.or winning your local weigh-off???

7/31/2011 5:43:15 PM

Albert County, New Brunswick,CANADA

It is still leaking a little and I will add captan, but I am encouraged by a decent increase in size overnite. It was very small (baseball sized) when this happened so if the gains are there, all may be well (time will tell). Thanks for the replies and encouragment.

8/1/2011 8:25:45 AM

Tinykinville

well little late in this reply but if young stem, young kin break stick them back to gether itll heal and be fine, ive already completely slashed off stem of cull with a knife i did not pull it away and dang thing healed and kept growin lol.

8/2/2011 3:30:18 AM