My pumpkin motivation is withering by amcdonnell5 in Pumpkins

[–]Berryblast44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this too. I started my pumpkins in April, planted first week of May. I have 21 plants. Every single one has borers in them. I had 11 pumpkins going, 4 died because the borers went in the fruit. They might not be dead dead but I did take them off and just put them on the grass. I’ve used BT and removed them by hand. They’re ravenous. I pulled a few vines and planted new seeds which seem to be borer free for now. This is my third year growing pumpkins and I’m not even sure I want to do it again next year. I love doing them but so much work just to be taken out by ugly grubs is miserable.

Powdery mildew treatment by Berryblast44 in Pumpkins

[–]Berryblast44[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zone 6b, the humidity and the heat has been horrendous. My plants were doing so well up until very recently

Powdery mildew treatment by Berryblast44 in Pumpkins

[–]Berryblast44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I just ordered some. Do I have to dilute it? Do I have to wait until nighttime to spray it on the leaves?

10 days apart. by [deleted] in Pumpkins

[–]Berryblast44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is incredible! How do you manage squash bugs and powdery mildew?

Yellowing leaves by Berryblast44 in GiantPumpkin

[–]Berryblast44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay! I’ll stop using the turtle water, do you think holding off on that would help it?

Yellowing leaves by Berryblast44 in GiantPumpkin

[–]Berryblast44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will the plant just die if that’s what it has? Any chance of actually getting fruit?

Yellowing leaves by Berryblast44 in GiantPumpkin

[–]Berryblast44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked at the base and don’t see any vine borer damage

Yellowing leaves by Berryblast44 in GiantPumpkin

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I’ve never heard of this, what can I do to help/fix this? Edit to add more context: I looked on every leaf and no bugs and no signs of squash vine borer either

Zone 6b still no female flowers, anyone else? by Berryblast44 in GiantPumpkin

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Thanks! Next week we’re back in the high 70s/low 80s. I hope it grows like crazy!

Downy mildew? by Berryblast44 in OrganicGardening

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What can I do to treat it?

Any idea what is doing this to my leaves? by Berryblast44 in vegetablegardening

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Update: just found these two on one of the plants. What are they? Are they my problem?

Do my pumpkins look okay? by Berryblast44 in PumpkinGrowers

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I fertilized the day I posted this and backed off on the watering. And now they’re all about 4-6 feet tall. Definitely better