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Wheaton, IL

My blossom ends on all my kind are turning brown. Some are staying firm but today I found 2 kins with soft areas on the blossoms. I scraped away half of the blossom on them both to remove all the soft areas. Anyone had this happen and will I be better off removing the entire blossom? I posted a pic on diary today.

8/4/2022 5:03:41 PM

Germany

I removet two blossoms completely this year and both pumpkins survived.

8/4/2022 5:31:07 PM

Wheaton, IL

How heavy were they when you removed it?

8/4/2022 6:55:32 PM

Central NY

Cut it off down to clean tissue…a little peroxide, sulphur and a fan…she’ll be fine.

8/4/2022 7:15:22 PM

Wheaton, IL

Thank you. I’m going for the removal today

8/5/2022 8:44:31 AM

Wheaton, IL

Quick follow up on the pumpkins. We cut all the soft blossoms off and scraped any additional off then dusted with captan and diatomaceous earth. It worked great. We got all the pumpkins to scales and earned a jacket

1/31/2023 12:59:02 PM