I am growing pumpkins in my backyard and there are 2 big ones but all the leaves are turning a funny color?
Question:i took some pics of them so can you please tell me what is going on with them?
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Answers:
My pumpkin vines used to do that this time of year. It never affected the pumpkins. In the last picture it looks like there might be some powdery mildew on the leaves. Mix 10 parts water with one part lowfat milk and spray it on your plants every few days. I kid you not, this will help clear up any mildew problems on your pumpkins, or any other garden plant, and it is also beneficial for blackspot on roses. Much healthier for you and the environment than spraying with fungicides. I never trust those chemicals. Any plant product that advises I wash my clothes after using it is not for me. I don't want all those poisons in my body.
This is very typical of melons of any kind. When the plant begins to actually produce fruit, it puts all of its energy into the fruit production and the leafs are the first things that suffer. To make larger pumpkins, pick a few of the smaller pumpkins off the vine and the plant will put all of its energy into the few you leave on the vine producing bigger pumpkins.
Good Luck! We grow some every year and the kids have a blast!
are you wartering from the top,could be you did it when it was 2 hot,most plants love this but do it when it is cool like in the evening,watering your tomatoes after the fruit has came out may cause it to ripopen as it grows, water tomatoes from bottom.
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