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Central Illinois

Just use my diary photos this year for all pumpkin diagnosis issues

This is the lombardi , just an amatuer but this looks fatal to me, tell me what you think

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=246916

8/31/2015 10:39:22 AM

Springfield, VT

If it is soft it is a problem, the fruit is going down. If not soft let the air to it and dry the skin down to kill the mold. A weak bleach solution may be used to wipe the area to kill it.

8/31/2015 10:52:25 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

weekly 10% bleach baths.I usually add some hydrogen peroxide and daconil. Then sponge bathe . A liitle sun will also help. especially in poor ventilation conditions. I try and stop anything greenish early.

8/31/2015 12:48:35 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

That's not mold it is pigment. You have a Squampkin

8/31/2015 1:45:47 PM

Central Illinois

Ill try a 10% bleach ,give it some sun and hope that Shannon is correct.

No its not soft , its actually the hardest pumpkin Ive had, the weather today is sunny and maybe 90F

8/31/2015 1:53:14 PM

Alberta

Looks like scab to me, but only a few spots (the deeper ones)the rest looks like a fungus of some kind. I had scab a few years ago..tried bleach, pkn went down anyway. I got it again this year, so I hit it with 12% peroxide..stopped it..still growing a lil , so far!

8/31/2015 2:12:43 PM

Corryton, TN

Just went through your diary. With the leaf issues you showed earlier I would say it's bacterial spot. Sometimes called "hole shot" because it will give the leaves the appearance of being shot with a shotgun in more advanced stages. Somewhat treatable but don't wait. Spray the plant and fruit with bactericide. It should not hurt if my diagnosis is incorrect.

8/31/2015 2:22:50 PM

Alberta

I should add..if its scab (usually black spots) when you spray it , wipe it with a rag and see if rag removes some of it, it did for me. Your spots look green, so not 100% sure!

8/31/2015 2:23:03 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

I agree with Linus. It's going ugly on you. That's how this one started, but was much worse.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=167673

8/31/2015 3:29:18 PM

Central Illinois

Alive and ugly doesn't bother me,I've already wiped it down with bleach solution and didn't notice any change in the dark spots . I haven't measured in 9 days its been too cool to bother with but I will try a peroxide spray when I measure later,I guess it won't do any harm.

My leaves look terrible

8/31/2015 3:56:26 PM

Michigan

I agree with Dave on this one (Bacterial leaf spot). Usually when you see the little brown spots, your pumpkin is pretty much done growing and turning the other way. I had a plant do the same thing. Later confirmed to be the leaf spot. I would recommend burning any residue plant when done. It carries from year to year.

8/31/2015 4:07:46 PM

Central Illinois

come on people give me a break its like armageddon around here,,it gained 63 pounds in the last 9 days, so I will ignore any negative ideas and kiss and hug it in tell its so soft I fall inside and drown in the muck.Seriously thanks for the ideas so far, is it a wait and see?

Does leaf spot carry to separated plots, mine are about 60 feet apart with grass between them, and so far I havent noticed my leaves getting small holes , I will have a lot to read about this winter.

8/31/2015 6:43:52 PM

Mission Viejo, CA

Just looks like a case of the Fuglies to me.

8/31/2015 6:48:46 PM

Corryton, TN

Here's a couple links. You can compare and be the judge. I've battled it a bit this year and still got gains in my genetics patch. It will spread with rain/humidity but most likely would be carried by hand, shoes, wind, tools, bugs etc. It's a bacteria. Who knows for sure if it will jump 60 ft. assuming it's bacterial spot of course.

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/DiagnosticKeys/CucurFrt/Bacter/Bact_pump.htm

https://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/volume10/frveg1016.html

8/31/2015 7:19:34 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Looks like the onset of green genes coming out...Linus nailed it...Squampkin.

8/31/2015 7:42:33 PM

Central Illinois

I like the sound of squaskin better,thanks for the link

8/31/2015 9:24:48 PM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

Totally normal ... Muliti colored fruit r normal... Mold is fuzzy and can be wiped off... Disease well you would know if you had one. If it's rotting it will be soft and smelly

8/31/2015 9:41:32 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

On a good note, that ugly squashkin lasted until December and I finally composted it.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=173100

8/31/2015 10:17:18 PM