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Ray, North Dakota

If I do have a small split that will need some sulpher paste applied, can I grind up some 90% sulpher fertilizer supplement, mix it with water and apply it to the breaks, or will it burn the plant?

8/1/2006 10:45:33 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

How about just use baking soda :)

8/1/2006 11:04:27 AM

Ray, North Dakota

That is good enough? That will help with possible infections from a crack?

8/1/2006 2:06:27 PM

Santa Cruz, CA

Does baking soda work on bloosom end mold too?

8/1/2006 3:13:19 PM

Ray, North Dakota

But back to my original question, will the sulpher 90 in a paste hurt the pumpkin worse?

My pumpkin is growing like mad, and as a first year grower I am afraid that it will crack.

8/1/2006 3:55:43 PM

Mocksville, NC

clean the crack, any rot scrape it out, use %10 bleach, and water spray it out That will kill any fungus 1st then put dry not watered past
If you have a Southern States near you, they carry pure 90% sulfur you went this far, might as well go all the way, and it will prb work if you crush up the other, i thought the same thing, then decided to just get the real deal insted it was really finely ground like baby powder worked great! fungus and water go hand , and hand, and it didnt burn anything just dried it up, and it healed. left a indention but hard as a rock now,

8/1/2006 5:29:14 PM

ordinary,VA

I agree with Roger had a bad spot on a pumpkin three years ago.
just clean the bad spot out add powder and keep dry.
might have to clean the spot daily.
good luck

8/1/2006 6:21:21 PM

[email protected]

I know that one hitter is experimenting with the scrape & treat technique....but not 10% bleach....he's using straight isopropyl rubbing alcohol. I wouldn't try it on the fruit but...maybe?

8/1/2006 9:35:05 PM

Mocksville, NC

I used isopropyl industrial steath last year , and this year.
It didn't hurt anything, and it dries up real quick thats a good thing, and i used it straight its dry in seconds, and no other prob with fruit didn't hurt it, now i might have got lucky, I was just saying i have done it, and it worked.

8/1/2006 10:21:52 PM

Oz

I used a mop mit and wettable sulfer from a grow store.

8/7/2006 8:15:00 PM