In a message dated 9/21/02 10:16:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Steve - Is this what you've been doing 'all along'? And although you've been doing this, you still got the 'mildew'? Is that the only fungal problems you witness? Incidentally, taking some advice, I let my mildewed winter squash go without treatment. They are 'all' still alive and stll producing fruit, fruit that looks as good as any I've grown. >> I started this regime two years ago. This mildew is all I see in the fungus realm. The plants still go on to produce fine fruit. It is almost like a vegetative thinning to put more energy into the fruit. The pumpkin vines I spoke of earlier produced fine fruit and in fact have sent up a second growth of leaves and though the pumpkins are all picked the vines are flowering again. Maybe the mildew is good for the plants??? SStorch
