beckylord6 said: My Connecticut field pumpkins ripen ed well but when I went to harvest them most of them had been bored into and one had turned to mush. The base of the vines were mushy. What has caused this and how can I succeed next year?
This could be SVB or pickle worm. If SVB you can reduce the problem by growing C. moschata types. SVB likes hollow vines. C. moschata has hard solid vines and usually are left alone. Pickle worms on the other hand are fruit borers that attack the fruit in its immature state. Any cucurbit is fair game especially cucumbers and melons as well as squash. Timing is an effective way to deal with them as the moths migrate up from deep south
Some C. moschata varieties. Dickerson may be your best substitute for Connecticut Field.
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