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No Place Special

Im sure this has been addressed many times over the years but I couldnt find any definate answers searching this site. I have a stump that had some soft spots and is now starting to foam and the soft areas are spreading. Anyone have any success fighting stump rot / foam. Even if I cant stop it is there anyone who has slowed it down? Hate to lose the stump on this one.

Thanks Mike

7/30/2008 4:09:32 PM

My friend Glenna had the problem onmy 1046.6 last year Mike,,,she fought the odds and finished over 800 with that fruit.

here's a link, the entries run in her diary

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=70443


good luck !

7/30/2008 7:26:53 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Mike,

Call me in the morning on the cell.

The CT Ag Station has a cucurbit specialist. Every time we talk about this he asks me to get him a sample that he can get under his microscope.

NO ONE HAS EVER SUBITTED A SAMPLe.

Drives him crazy. LOL

The foam is a symptom. Not the disease. I've heard Sclerotinia, Furaria & Rhizoctonia.

None confirmed.

Call me.

Jerry Rose & I came up with a POSSIBLE solution. The one time he tried it the patient lived.

7/30/2008 7:30:55 PM

No Place Special

Thanks guys. Ill call you tomorrow Steve.

7/30/2008 11:06:51 PM

Simi valley, ca

The 1470 was grown without stump from about 800 lbs up ,,, Hope yours stays though !! Ps; eather a ground squirrel or a gofer ate the entire roots off my 733 ciliberto & i didnt know it untill long time after, that plant still didnt wilt in heat & the pumpkin is growing the best for its size of my 4 pumpkins, its the youngest though ,I will have to see what is in the long run ! Just incase its needed id run some secondarys out a bit farther !!

7/31/2008 11:40:27 AM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

The only hope for foaming in the stump is to take a knife and make a small hole at the base on the underside and drain the liquid out. Then, irrigate the stump with some hydrogen peroxide solution and apply some captan and pray. Keep rain off of the stump for the rest of the season.

7/31/2008 1:45:40 PM

No Place Special

Thanks guys! The bad parts are cut out and the inside has been irrigated and dusted with sulfer. Will see what happens. Ill be adding pics to my diary soon.

7/31/2008 11:35:05 PM

Sheridan . NY

CUT plant off stump to good healthy main--apply VC & VCP BY Injection and spray it will dry and heal it up

8/1/2008 9:39:46 AM

Burt NY

Nice job Mike on the stump

8/1/2008 11:15:11 AM

Central Pa

with foaming stump where do i find sulfer to put on the stump or what else can i do i have put on sprays and dust on it plus i have opened it up so the sun can help dry it up.

8/4/2008 10:51:00 PM

Williamsburg,KY

I got a foaming stump also on my Van Hook 881, I will do what lcheckon says, but what is VC and VCP? On mine, it seems the first side vine from the stump is also affected. Its like it hollow (the side vine).

8/9/2008 8:24:13 AM