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Santa Cruz, CA

The 695 Handy had four drops coming from a tiny split at the stem. We've had two pumpkins go down in the last week so I am nervous that this is the smallest start of another soon to be larger split. What should we do today? I could go now and put a piece of duct tape on it. Cut the water, although it's not growing fast right now. Caulk it? Dust sulfur on it? What would you do?

8/22/2006 7:36:08 PM

Nova Scotia

I've used sulfur befor with no success. I'd try a little captain and try to get it dry

8/22/2006 8:34:28 PM

No duct tape,,air and drying is your friend..dust with Captan,,if the split gets bigger you will need to do some stress relieving(for the fruit,,lol) surgery. I have a pic coming up tonight that shows what I did here and the results so far.

8/22/2006 8:48:09 PM

Ontario, Canada.

A calcium spray applied daily will help it heal a bit faster. Then dust with Captan daily after it drys.

8/23/2006 11:32:11 AM