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Woodstock, GA

My kids, ages 8 and 5, want to try and grow a big pumpkin this year. Does anyone have any seeds they are willing to spare? I can't remember where i got them in 2008 probably the Dill's Atlantic they sell in stores. Or is there a website i can order some from that are reasonable vs. $50 a seed LOL? I tried in 2007 and 2008. I managed to get one over a hundred pounds before the vine sucumbed to SVB. I got some advice back in 2008 on how to combat SVB in this thread http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=14&p=254947

Specifically...from that thread...I wondering if this is still valid advice for this year?

I got warned barely in time and managed to get Merit and Talstar just in time. VTJohn replied to a message I posted and suggested 1/8 teaspoon Merit (75%) and 1/2 oz Talstar (or the generic) per gallon, USE A PAINT VAPOR RESPIRATOR during all handling. Spray no earlier than two hours before dark, after the heat and sun are dropping. Spray top and bottom of leaves, use your rubber chemical glove to protect the last 5" of growing tips, then drench the soil especially around stump.

I also suggest dedicated safety glasses, gloves, and spayer to this (so there's NO chance you can get 2,4-D in it) It is DEADLY to anything water (fish and ponds) so be extremely careful in spraying. We've sighted and squashed SVB's here and plants are looking good with this. AND as Rob says, bury vines. Scrape off any eggs you find carefully and bury. Talstar is a contact killer, the Merit is a 'they taste and it kills them'. Do note, if you do this you can't eat the pumpkins, blooms, or seeds. I also don't have much other buggie problems with this spraying, and I've sworn off Sevin-5 and -10 on my AG's...

Many thanks!

Nathan

2/6/2015 11:10:52 AM

Saskatchewan Fosston Canada

Hi Natan!
I have seeds for you.E-mail me at gracres@sasktel.net

2/6/2015 3:05:13 PM

Rhode Island

SEND ME A bubble..... I am Frank4 in Diary

2/6/2015 3:41:51 PM

Tennessee

Email me jsterry@oneidaschools.org I have plenty to share.

2/6/2015 4:20:38 PM

Minnesota

I have a few, fogsurfer313@yahoo.com you can have.

2/6/2015 4:49:48 PM

Torrance, Ca.

RichardB always seems to have some great genetics!

2/6/2015 5:30:26 PM

Woodstock, GA

Thanks for the offers everyone! Does anyone have any literature they can point me to for dealing with SVB? That's going to be key for me having any success regardless of seeds.

2/6/2015 7:56:55 PM

Elk County, PA

Merit will get you through it, its all about timing the applications correctly.

2/6/2015 9:44:26 PM

Minnesota

There the same great genetics, I just have to learn to push the plant. But really they are, 2009 x1789

2/7/2015 12:51:27 AM