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Salem, OR

The princess of my patch (beautiful orange est weight 250) appears she may be getting a spot spot near the blossom, is there anyway to save her? What are the tell-tell signs of a spot spot without having to puncture the skin? The stem and plant all look fine, just one minor spot causing me concern.

8/2/2007 4:57:07 PM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Go to "General Discussion" and check my post yesterday about a rotten spot. Pap had some great advise which I put to use today!

8/2/2007 10:21:06 PM

Salem, OR

Mark, I am a new grower and not sure if what I have is a "soft spot". My pumpkin is a nice orange color and on the blossom end, I've noticed it has a slight "shriveling" appearance (not smooth like the rest of the pumpkin)and a slight discoloration showing up as a darker orange then the rest of the pumpkin. The spot doesn't feel "mushy". Does this sound like a soft spot? If I put a light layer of captan paste as Pap recomended, could it hurt anything?

8/3/2007 12:37:53 AM

a picture would be good,,,but the blossum ends do take on colors and as the fruit age they change,,sucking in eventually as they mature

8/3/2007 6:39:05 AM

Kalamazoo, MI (Jpwrhse@charter.net)

I just posted some pictures to my diary and a post in general discussion. I have almost exactly what SJeffers is describing. Is this the sucking in you are talking about or something else?

8/3/2007 8:10:51 PM

Salem, OR

Yes, mine is very similar but not as deep. I read your general discussion topics, how did you apply the calcium? I'd like to try that. Do you soak the towel in diluted calcium? I have calcium nitrate (concentrated) and I also have biomin calcium (concentrate), do I follow the dilution instruction and then soak the towel in the diluted solution, or soak the towel in the contentrated solution?

I put a light layer of Captan's paste on mine and that seemed to improve things. Like yours, mine is growing very well, seeing growth each day. I sure would like to save this one.

8/6/2007 3:55:28 PM