Why are my 7 acres of pumpkins wilting? We have 20 acres of pumpkins doing great in one of our...
We have 20 acres of pumpkins doing great in one of our feilds. But our other feild of 7 acres of pumpkins are wilting. They are pretty precipitate and have not even begun to flower but. We cannot find any sign of bugs, beetles, or powdery mildew.
We are doing the exact same watering as in the other feild.
Does anyone know what might be cause this?
Is it possible that something is wrong with the soil in this hard to please feild?
Should we hurry and fertalize?
Any advice would be very appreciated!
I would listen to Robert S. I truly believe something in the soil is the problem. Fertilizing may be right or the wrong article to do. the extension agents will tell you You should have planted merely 6 acres.
Pumpkins usually wilt because of insufficiency of water. Sometimes the wind will split the vines and exact them to recieve less water and wilt. One of my largest pumpkins come off one of these damaged vines. So you never know. The wet does deliver nutrients. You may have poor soil. I would say own it tested but my pumpkins took all the fertilizer and water I threw at them. It's knotty to over-fertilize these things. Skip the test...just append more of everything! Squash Borer: it gets into the stems and kills the plants from the inside. The first signs are a sudden wilting.
Look for "frass" ... a sawdust-looking stuff ... at the underpinning ofthe vines. You might be able to save some plants by slicing the stem begin (slice the length of the stem) and removing the caterpillars.
Answers: Contact your soil conservation district, run by the state university. But don't lurk, do it as soon as possible. They should give you needed information. That is their job providing information for farmers. Good luck on your crop.