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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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Yesterday morning I noticed my 1778 Skinner was dripping from underneath the stem. I thought no big deal I will scrape out the rot and paint with Daconil. Then I noticed that a large part of the leaf node was rotten mostly on top where the root is supposed to come out. I then looked up the vine and noticed the next two or three leaf nodes were also rotten on top. About 4 nodes up there was the remnant of a rotten stem from a pumpkin that I culled. It looks to me that the rot may have started there and travelled downstream to the pumpkin. The plant's leaves have not started wilting yet. Which gives me hope. But with that being said it looks like I will be starting to allow some pumpkins on secondaries to set. It is. a darn lot of work to grow a pumpkin this far and not have anything to show for it. I would at least like to get something off this plant. THis kind of thing was bound to happen with the super wet humid weather we have had. The plants need some relief! If the weather turned around today I think the season could still be a really good one. If not. We will continue down this fungal road.
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