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Developed soft spot among other things. Ended up weighing 791 lb weighed on a farm scales. Now here is my question and I think i know the answer I just ask some of you educated people educate me. This has been a pretty rough season. Lots of disease pressure for me. This plant and pumpkin had bacterial spot on the leaves and the pumpkin itself. From what I understand bacterial spot can be transferred to the seed of a infected pumpkin correct? Thanks to anyone who responds

9/10/2015 9:53:40 PM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

Well I'm unsure on if it would be spread. But I can say I have had a lot of disease issues and with all the labs I have talked to it seems as we all need to get better about saving seeds and giving away seeds with potential disease when in doubt throw them out there are tons of seed crosses and lots of good clean seeds. I know I will start testing seeds before I send out to anyone I feel we all should do it in order to have clean genetics. No one wants a disease that potentially will be spread threw seeds. For what we spend on these things I feel we owe it to ours selfs and others to only offer good clean seeds. Plus if you had a great cross and awesome results who wouldn't want certified disease free seeds. Makes sense... Ag dia.com offers testing for seeds and tissue I have been working with them on my mosaic tests

9/11/2015 8:15:45 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/bacterial_diseases_of_pumpkins_an_old_enemy_and_an_emerging_bacterial_disea

From the state of Michigan....they report it can stay in the soil for 2 years....Good Article

9/11/2015 3:28:46 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Hot water treatment for cleaning seeds...

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3085.html

9/11/2015 3:30:30 PM