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Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Does mosaic virus cause a pumpkin to develope like this?:
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=94582
If not, what else could have caused this? The later leaf growth has exhibited a mottled green color pattern.

8/27/2008 10:59:37 PM

Williamsburg,KY

My goodness, I have seen gourds with this type of skin. Dont know what to tell you.

8/28/2008 7:50:12 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Doug

Did you get my email?

8/28/2008 9:31:42 AM

Wi

Doug, can you post a leaf pic or email one to me?

8/28/2008 9:39:03 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Yikes!... Looks like a squash trying to put orange mud on to diguise itself!... I've see the friut skin mottle colorwise like the leaves do but nothing like that.

8/28/2008 10:22:17 AM

Pataskala,OH

what is the cross on it.

8/28/2008 4:11:18 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

It is grown on the 603.5 Muller, and is self pollinated.

8/28/2008 6:22:59 PM

where's Shannon?

that has his "big orange warty thing" written all over it!

I hope you can finish that one Doug truely an unusual fruit.

8/28/2008 7:18:05 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Steve,
I got to your email, and sent a reply.

Dan,
I haven't done much to care for the plant after the pumpkin started looking so weird. It's still growing, though slowly. I think I may keep it going, and bring it to a weighoff as a curiosity. Maybe someone will want seeds from it LOL. It's about 80" in circ., so around 150 lbs. It's a 603.5 Muller X sibling.

8/28/2008 7:40:09 PM

Pataskala,OH

looks like it crossed with this http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=3474 sounds like a few people crossed those with ags from some old message boards, it must have gotten crossed in somehow

8/28/2008 8:47:23 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Nic,
The bumpiness does look a little similar, but not as pronounced as what I have growing. But I don't know how the green would have gotten in there, if it was that cross. I've grown five 603.5 Muller plants, and the leaves on this plant(except for the mottled ones) look like typical 603.5 Muller leaves. If it was a cross, I'd think the leaves would look a little different....though I've never seen Red Warty Thing leaves.

8/28/2008 10:07:15 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

I thought so too Dan but Dougs says the others are smooth.

8/29/2008 2:03:00 PM

Netherlands, Rotterdam

Any updates on that strange pumpkin?

Sebas

1/7/2009 1:58:15 PM