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Hot West Tennessee

Ihttp://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=118344ts is all over plants, starts like this and soon dries leaf out and gets crispy. Hope to ward off next year if i can work out what the cause is. kpatch

8/25/2009 10:41:27 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Better link -

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=118344

Could be Jap (or similar) beetle feeding activity. Granular fert left on the leaves can cause this as well.

8/26/2009 10:18:05 AM

Hot West Tennessee

Dont use granulars after setting pumpkins only liquid.
Thinking cuke beetles or squash bugs. I am beig swarmed by pests. Hard to control raining every 3-5 days. Thanks

8/26/2009 9:57:51 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Rain like that requires a systemic. Get some Merit 75WP or similar Imidacloprid product. Dead Cuke beetles will litter the ground in less than a week.

8/27/2009 2:12:47 AM