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Vermont

My plant was coming along nicely good progress on the pumpkin, but now all my new leaves are tiny, less than 4” across, and I am not sure why. They look very sickly and the edges are dried up and brown. This is happening on most but not all of my secondary vines. I have removed the worst looking parts, but am not next steps. My only thought is this could
Be some weird strain of powdery mildew I haven’t seen before, so I will likely try treating for that as an initial step.

8/14/2021 3:22:27 PM

Bethlehem CT

Do you have any pictures. It could be a lot of things, SOme that come to mind would be herbicidal damage,virus, damage from fertilizer or nutrient. Have you added or done anything recently that could have caused this?

8/14/2021 4:07:28 PM

Syracuse, NY

Nahh, hold off on treating for anything when you don't know yet what it is. Powdery mildew generally affects leaves that are full-sized mainly to begin with (and LOOKS like powdery mildew) and I don't feel that leaf size/edges are affected in newer growth. Down the road for you, I am using Mildew Cure from Holland's Land o' Giants (gets dropped shipped from the mfr. but whatever) and I am dealing with PM right now and using that. I am sure it's working but it's only been a few days since the treatment. As was said, pics are a big help and good luck---eg

8/14/2021 8:39:54 PM