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Squash with split stem

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Posted by steve-123 BC (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 6, 09 at 12:49

Hi--newbie here--

I have a hubbard squash. It looks great and has a nice 6 foot runner. The problem is near the base of that runner there is an ugly split maybe two inches long which follows along the vine. I only noticed this yesterday. Photo link below.

I looked inside the split and and gently poked around and did not find any bugs/borers. The split is weeping a bit. Is this a pest or did some stresses on the vine cause it to split?

I put a shovelful of dirt further along the runner in hopes it will lay down secondary roots.

Does anyone know what is happening to my squash? Suggestions on how to proceed?

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Sometimes you'll get a split from some kind of stress on the vine -- getting twisted by the wind, being stepped on my a person or animal, growing over a lump of some kind, etc.

Burying the split area itself might be a good idea. Every time I've operated on my summer squash for borers I've buried the cut area in finished compost and I've only lost one plant so far.

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Thanks! We have tried to encourage secondary root growth by putting soil/compost at several nodes where the "baby" secondary roots are (including the split spot). The split may have grown a bit more :-( But nothing is wilting, and we have noticed that one of the secondary roots is quite substantial. Fingers crossed the runner makes it :-)

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