Beginner Vegetables: Please help diagnosing Spaghetti Squash problem

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Author Content adapa North Conway, NH August 22, 2009 01:39 PM Post #6976214 thanks for taking a look! I first noticed the leaf problem a few weeks ago. Then a Squash the size of a small apple rotted on the vine. A few days later I noticed the baby squashes black & lifeless. I have/had late blight on my tomatoes. . Click the image for an enlarged view. adapa North Conway, NH August 22, 2009 01:40 PM Post #6976217 second pic of the leaves; sorry about the fuzzy focus. eta; I've been examining the pic's here http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/cucurbitprob... To my untrained eye my problems don't look like any of the pictures... I'm not having a problem with pollination, my summer sq, beans & cukes are producing like crazy. eta again; I'm thinking there's two things going on, a fungus/bacterial issue & bug problem. This message was edited Aug 22, 2009 1:22 PM This message was edited Aug 23, 2009 7:08 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. stephanietx Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a) August 23, 2009 11:01 AM Post #6979090 Are you seeing male and female flowers? I think the problem with the first pick is it didn't get pollinated. If not pollinated, it'll abort and die. Definitely have a bug problem going on with the half eaten leaves. Do you see anything on the underneath sides of the leaves? adapa North Conway, NH August 23, 2009 05:13 PM Post #6980303 yeah, only the female flowers are effected. That pic is of a female flower, all the rest are just like that. All the male flowers are fine. Plus all my cuks, sum sq, beans peas are over producing. I'm thinking a fungus. I'm gonna spray with a antifungle & see what happens. I haven's seen a bug but I'm notorius at not finding bugs... LTilton Glen Ellyn, IL (Zone 5b) August 24, 2009 11:43 AM Post #6982897 ALL your females did that? The flower in your photo looks like it never opened, so it can't be a pollination problem, and as you say, your other cucurbits are doing well, so the bees are doing their job. adapa North Conway, NH August 24, 2009 05:33 PM Post #6984058 Yeah, all the small female flowers are currently doing that. I've gotten 3 squashes before the illness started occuring. I did have 4 squashes but when the 4th was the size of an apple it rotted. No dark spots, just kinda withered & became opaque.

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