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Just the other day I noticed that some of the leaves on the pumpkin plant were a dark green color and were all shriveled up. They don't have any spots on them and they look healthy except for the fact that their shriveling. What's wrong?

8/23/2001 8:45:56 PM

Sounds like over fertilization (sp?).

Alex

8/23/2001 9:47:41 PM

What do you mean?

8/23/2001 10:23:18 PM

Ga.

the edges,,or whole leaf???????

8/24/2001 8:12:42 AM

Western Pa.

Sounds to me like bacterial wilt!

8/24/2001 8:20:03 AM

It's the whole leaf. What can I do about bacterial wilt?

8/25/2001 7:17:49 PM

Western Pa.

Prevent it from happening!

8/26/2001 10:56:05 AM

What can I use to prevent it from happening?

8/26/2001 10:37:36 PM

Western Pa.

You may or may not have bacterial wilt, it could also be some type of fungus, for which I spray weekly with Daconil. To prevent bacterial wilt, you have to control cucumber beetles, they spread it through their feces, although only a small percent of the beetles carry it. If it is wilt, your entire plant will eventually wilt and die. I think this takes about 6 weeks after infection. Sevin can be used to control the beetles. You want to always have the new growth protected when the young vines are really growing fast, so I step up my spraying at this period from once weekly to every 3-4 days. I am currently using a systemic insecticide(travels through-out the plant), and Scimitar as well to treat all new growth. This "double whammy" I have found to work best for the dreaded cuke beetle!

kilr

8/27/2001 10:40:52 AM

Thanks, but were can I get sevin and the other insecticide and what do they look like? -Jack-o-lantern91

8/27/2001 7:50:52 PM

Ga.

any place that carries fertilizer...

8/27/2001 8:36:28 PM

Greencastle, PA

sevin comes in a red bottle and my daconil is from ortho and has a green bottle

8/28/2001 10:33:30 AM

Charlotte, North Carolina

The sevin package will have a number in the title after the word sevin, representing the concentration.

8/28/2001 6:46:28 PM