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Flowertot

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Trouble in the pumpkin patch
« on: August 01, 2006, 10:51:33 »
I seem to have a problem in my pumpkin patch - the leaves have turned a strange grey colour and have become very brittle.  The Pumpkins seem fine for the moment though!  Any Ideas what's going on?

umshamrock

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Re: Trouble in the pumpkin patch
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2006, 11:43:49 »
powdery mildew! the pumpkins will be ok. it happens to me every year...
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Svea

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Re: Trouble in the pumpkin patch
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2006, 20:14:52 »
i had it really bad last year. one treatment is to spray them with skimmed milk : water mix 1:10 and spray that on. the slight acidity of the stuff slows the mildew down, but wont kill it off. i finally cut off a lot of the bad leaves and the pumpkins stopped growing, the fruit that had already set was unaffected but it ceased to make any new babies.

your cucumber might catch it, so watch out
Gardening in SE17 since 2005 ;)

Flowertot

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Re: Trouble in the pumpkin patch
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2006, 08:35:38 »
Thanks for the replys - will try the powdered milk!

 

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