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Alabama

Got me 2 of these beauties pollinated and then the rain set in. Over 7 inches in 7 days with no sunshine, a truely odd occurance in AL in July/Aug. One of my fruit just flat out aborted and I noticed that Most of the small females on both plants did the same. My neighbor lost 2 to stem rot during the same time. Can the rain really cause this much dmg? I have another that split at the stem but with Daconil and some TLC it is moving on now at 24" on day 8.

8/5/2009 9:14:11 AM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Yes sir, heavy rain of that amount can and usually does wreak havoc in your patch in one form or another.

8/6/2009 7:00:23 PM

Alabama

2 days after i posted, the stem split in half and the pumpkin split all over. It was a really nicelooking wagon wheel. This year's agenda has been genetics, so even if I get one on late as long as it matures I will be happy. Pollinted 4 more after all the aborts were culled. Now it's neer 100 every day with 80% humidity. Yay for weather in AL. Enjoying every minute though :)

8/9/2009 10:51:21 PM