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Friday, August 06, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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did some main vine inspections after all the 7 inches of rain this week in 2 days to make sure no rotting fissures or soft spots. i found 3 main vine unions with fissures with minor weeping and minor browning. cleaned all 3 good with 10 percent bleach and a rag and applied captan and the sun is hitting on them now. very minor stuff that could have been major since all three were in a row about 3 feet in front of the pumpkin. no harm no foul at this point and they all looked good and clean and dressed up nice. all 3 will get a small table over them to prevent from getting directly rained on or watered on after i spray tonight. it seems the more massive the vines and stems keep getting all year, each segment on the main is like a big huge knuckle that has slight surface fissuring similar to expansion cracks from stem splitting. the woodier the texture gets, the more it fissures with growth. these areas need to monitored closely and all main vine unions before the pumpkin need to be inspected routinely to prevent any rot from setting in as the weigh offs get closer and keep them growing as long as possible. i found the stylet oil stopped the pm dead in its tracks on the gourds and all those powdery mildew leaves on those plants that were sprayed the other day look good and healthy with just some yellow spots where the fuzz was setting up. i will now use it in the rotation and add it to the quintec when spraying in between the quilt applications and rotate both every 5 days to hit the pm with different killing and controlling methods. no fuzz now on the gourd leaves today and just shiney leaves from the mineral oil. all problem areas healed still on all plants as routine close inspection, recleaning with 10 percent bleach and a fan with captan has them in check as the juices continue to flow.
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