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dick1204

pumpkins dying

dick1204
14 years ago

I have several Burpee Big Max plants. This my second year growing these. My problem this year is that early on I had 5 to 7 good looking fruit from golf ball size to softball size and thought things were going good. They looked healthy and were a nice yellow color. In short order these all turned white and rotted away. Subsequent fruit have done the same thing.

The plants and leaves are all healthy green and large. I even hand polinated some of these fruit and I know there are plenty of bees around.

I know fruit will shrivel and die if not pollinated but how big will they get before they die. I figured I was beyond that stage with these fruit.

We had a very wet early summer here. Could this have had something to do with it or is there some disease going on.

I did not have this problem last year. I water daily and fertilize weekly with a Miracle Grow foilage feeder.

Thanks

Dick, Andover, MA

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