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melanie_will

Help on Giant Pumpkins

20 years ago

My Pumpkin leaves are yellowing and dying. It starts at the base of the plant and is everyday moving further down the vine. I have around 20 plants in all and some are worse than others. I have Big Max, Wyatt's Wonder, Luminas, and Atlantic Giants. WW are the worst. The vines are around 7-10 feet long with 2 feet secondary vines. I had several pumpkins set and grow to around grapefruit size, but they shriveled up. I have one pumpkin that is smaller than a volleyball on the AG vine. It has not shown any growth in the last 3 days. It has been in the 100 degree range here for the past 2 weeks. I water the pumpkins with an overhead sprinkler every other day with light waterings in between with a handheld garden hose. I also use a black tarp under my whole garden for weed control as my garden is on the small side. I wonder if this is hurting the pumpkin vines. I have also read about bacterial wilt, is this a possiblity? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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