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Plymouth,ma

i had a few good starts, but all turned white and rotted out at the bottom ..... why. what does this and how can i treat it ? i need to know , my pumkin career depends on it!

10/16/2006 5:22:54 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

tarp it over and drain the bottom...gotta get the tent up and gotta put the sand down.....if it still rots ..the gotta look elsewhere for the fungus\bugs\mouse

10/16/2006 8:58:18 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

I'm far from an expert. But, I know that when I've gotten the sand down in time, the fruit usually sets. If it just sits on the soil, it usually doesn't make it. At some point, when it looks like the fruit'll make it, I'll normally slip a sheet of styrafoam underneath. The only time I've had a problem with a pumpkin rotting was last year when I ran out of sand and didn't get enough down. I lost a funny shaped, but nice coloured, pumpkin at about 150 pounds.

10/16/2006 9:31:06 PM

Danville, CA ([email protected])

Wheelbarrows, how big did it get before it aborted? May not have taken in the first place.

10/16/2006 11:42:08 PM

Plymouth,ma

i lost the thing @ about 90 lbs, i had it on styrofoam? i'm trying to find out what the white was that came over it?

10/17/2006 7:30:52 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Is the white a fuzzy white, like a mold, or is it just a discolouration as the pumpkin starts to rot?

10/17/2006 8:47:09 PM