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Thursday, August 05, 2021
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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For a couple of weeks now I have noticed that my middle melon is not growing. (the plant with the messed up stump). The half of the plant with the melon on it went down. While the other half looks good. I noticed a nice looking cull on the healthy side of the plant, a few days ago, I decided to keep it. It is growing really fast. Maybe I can get some size into it before the end of the season. The pollination is from sometime the last week in July. A little late but I grew my super long 179 in 2019 from a late July pollination. At this point it is better than ripping the plant out.
I set three pumpkins on my 1778 Skinner, each one is on a big side vine. Once again I saw no reason to give up, just because my main vine and pumpkin rotted off. The plant is otherwise healthy. If it was something terminal like YVD. I would surely rip out the plant as I wouldn't want to have to look at it flounder for the rest of the season. I personally don't think there is any benefit to ripping out a YVD infested plant to prevent the spread to other nearby plants. I can't explain why it is that way, it just is. THe likelihood of a diseased YVD plant infecting it's neighbor is not something I have witnessed. There is no rhyme or reason as to how this disease works. It is bad, and the only sure fire way to success is to keep the squash bugs off. Easier said than done.
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