The Pumpkin Patch, My Pumpkins

My Pumpkins Are Bigger Than Yours

Get a glimpse at our pumpkin plots and follow crop development from now untill harvest. Are we doing better than you are? From time to time, we will show you our problems as they develop and also our success stories.

We will end the page with some timely production pointers for pumpkin growers.

Last 2 Weeks of : July, 1998

Bacterial wilt continues to develop in pumpkin vines even at this late stage. Areas between main veins turn light green and then yellow.

Closeup of leaf. Leaves may turn dufferent colors before showing wilt symptoms. After the yellow color turns brown, dead areas of the leaf can drop out. Eventually the vine will wilt and die.

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Growing Tips For This Week:

Continue to scout for cucumber beetles.
During the last 2 weeks in July, begin scouting for Powdery Mildew and be prepared to apply first spray. Already reported by July 15 in northern IL.
Control grass weeds now with the proper post-emergent herbicides but do not apply during hot-humid weather.

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	Bacterial wilt continues to develop in pumpkin vines even at this late stage. Areas between main veins turn light green and then yellow.
	Closeup of leaf. Leaves may turn dufferent colors before showing wilt symptoms. After the yellow color turns brown, dead areas of the leaf can drop out. Eventually the vine will wilt and die.

Got More Questions???

Use e-mail to contact us:

Growing Tips For This Week:

Continue to scout for cucumber beetles. During the last 2 weeks in July, begin scouting for Powdery Mildew and be prepared to apply first spray. Already reported by July 15 in northern IL. Control grass weeds now with the proper post-emergent herbicides but do not apply during hot-humid weather.

Continue to scout for cucumber beetles.
During the last 2 weeks in July, begin scouting for Powdery Mildew and be prepared to apply first spray. Already reported by July 15 in northern IL.
Control grass weeds now with the proper post-emergent herbicides but do not apply during hot-humid weather.