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Roanoke Il

I have discovered small tears on the leafs. Dose anyone kwow
what causes this, is there anthing to worry about? I have not found any bugs.I have dusted for bugs and sprayed fungicide. If anyone has any ideas please reply thanks.

5/11/2000 5:26:28 PM

Commack, NY

mark, you mentioned that you had quite a bit of rain, is it possible that there was maybe some slight, isolated hail? i've had this happen to me two years in a row. holes all over the place. no reports of hail in the area, and no insects to be found.

5/12/2000 10:18:37 AM

Rhode Island, USA

I don't think hail is necessary to do this kind of damage to new pumpkin leaves. We had some rain last week that came down in huge raindrops--bug enough, I think, to poke holes in leaves. Fortunately, my plants were under cover at the time!

5/13/2000 10:14:27 AM

Connecticut, USA

Wind can also cause this type of damage. This is one of my biggest problems.

5/13/2000 11:26:19 AM

Roanoke Il

I want to thank everyone for there input.I don't think I'll ever know for sure. mark

5/13/2000 9:50:27 PM

pa,usa

I am a first timer at this. But after I had mowed my grass I was very suprised to find a long blade of grass stick through one of my leaves like a spear. This is my first hole but I guess this just shows anything could do this .These leaves must be very tender.

6/4/2000 9:55:17 AM