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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: northfifeduckling on October 08, 2011, 09:02:25 pm

Title: pumpkins with barnacles
Post by: northfifeduckling on October 08, 2011, 09:02:25 pm

what are these spots I have on some of my hokaido squashes - not all! Look like barnacles on a ship  ;D :&>

Title: Re: pumpkins with barnacles
Post by: Mel Rice on October 08, 2011, 10:41:44 pm

They look to me like heald wounds from slug bites!!! They cant get through the skin but graze the outside which reacts as it heals.

Title: Re: pumpkins with barnacles
Post by: Blonde on October 16, 2011, 08:19:32 am

Quote from: northfifeduckling on October 08, 2011, 09:02:25 pm

what are these spots I have on some of my hokaido squashes - not all! Look like barnacles on a ship  ;D :&>

Pest damage,...beer in the garden adn some organic sprays will make a difference.