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Georgia

Ive got some stump rot on one of my plants. I put daconil on it and it was drying. Last night it was oozing I was wondering if thats a good or bad thing. I re applied some more daconil over the ooze. Also Im afraid Svb maggots might be the cause but I havent found andy worms or entry points yet. Would stump rot look similar to the damage that svbs create?

7/31/2007 12:47:00 PM

Nova Scotia

oozing from anything at any time is a bad sign. It sounds like classic stump rot (no svb needed for this). feel the area if mushy remove mushy areas and try to dry it out with a small fan and funicide. If you do lose your stump you can still get a good one off the plant. But be sure deseise does not spread for it's like cancer. you may think it's gone but it can come back at any time.

7/31/2007 1:38:35 PM

Georgia

Thanks for the reply Mr.T. Im gonna go home and look really good and see if I can find any grubs. I dug into yesterday and couldnt find any at all. Usually when I seen a frass or rot I could always find grubs easily. I put or should I say dosed it with daconil and have been trying to keep it dry. I actually made a little hoop house over it to keep the rain out.

7/31/2007 1:51:18 PM

Nova Scotia

be sure there is air flow in and out of hoop house or it will keep in to much humidity. 1/2 the time vine rot is brought in by some kind of pest and there damage. My self I've had trouble both with slugs and leafhoppers (these are what makes snake spit on plants) Luckily I've caught them early enough so far. Actually take a look at my diary and you will see how bad my stump got (not rot though I think it was fusium) this year and I was able to bring it back bigger and better than the rest of my vine.

7/31/2007 2:48:03 PM

southwest MO

If you have good healthy secondarys rooted at the nodes dont be afraid to cut it off.

7/31/2007 6:16:56 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

clean the stumps bare of all foilage. Let the sun shine in.

7/31/2007 7:00:40 PM

Roanoke Il

if the stump isn't totally rooted scrape away the the rotted portion of the stump sometimes you have to scrape 2-3 inches of the stump away before you get to a healthy part of the stump witch isn't mushy. then apply captain or another fungicide and clear the leaves away from the stump and let the sun dry it out. try keeping water away from the rotted area of the stunmp. don't give up on it 70 to 50% of the stump is better than not having a stump...mark

7/31/2007 10:26:21 PM

Georgia

Good advice yall. Im gonna clean up the area tonight and get rid off some leaves. Ive noticed after I put fungizide on it its seemed to dry up. I just have to clean up the leaves around it. Thanks

8/1/2007 11:18:01 AM

Dillsburg, PA

I have had a ton of stump rot through the years and this year was my only successful one treating this. I cut all leaves away like the above poster stated. Scrape away all rotted portion and scrape away some live portions. I then padded a 30//70 (bleach/water)solution on the area. Let the sun shine directly on it. Good luck, this sucks to deal with.

8/1/2007 12:33:25 PM