Selecting Vegetable Varieties for your Farm February 22, 2023 - From Issue: 714 By: Petrus Langenhoven Are you still thinking about varieties for the upcoming season? Purdue has been keeping a record of vegetable variety trials in the Midwest since 1999. The Midwest Vegetable Trial Report[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Peppers Sweet Corn Article Tags: Production Management Varieties
High Tunnel Cucumber Production Guide October 19, 2020 - From Issue: 683 By: Wenjing Guan Read More A new publication High Tunnel Cucumber Production Guide is available and can be downloaded at https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/ID-521/ID-521-W.pdf This cucumber production guide provides resources and recommendations tailored to the distinctive growing environment[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits September 17, 2020 - From Issue: 682 By: Dan Egel Read More Phytophthora blight was a serious disease this past season. As a result, I have had many questions about managing this disease. The following article is an update of a previous[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Cucurbit Downy Mildew August 10, 2020 - From Issue: 680 By: Dan Egel Read More Downy mildew has been observed in LaPorte County in northern Indiana on cucumber. In addition, downy mildew on cucumber has been reported in southern Kentucky and on watermelon in the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Specialty Crops Soil Health Podcast Episodes – Beneficial Insects, Cover Crops in Sweet Corn July 15, 2020 - From Issue: 678 By: Liz Maynard Read More New episodes ‘Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects for Specialty Crops’ and ‘Cover Crops in Sweet Corn Production’ are published. Article Categories: Cucurbits Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Pumpkins Squash Watermelon Sweet Corn Article Tags: Announcement soil health
Seedling Damage by Maggot Pests May 6, 2020 - From Issues: 673 / 735 By: Ashley Leach, Elizabeth Long and Laura Ingwell Read More Each and every spring we get reports of poor seed emergence, seedling and transplant damage in early planted crops of all sorts. Most recently in untreated sweet corn, home gardens[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Call for Growers’ Participation of Grafted Cucumber Research January 23, 2020 - From Issue: 668 By: Wenjing Guan Thanks to the support from NC-SARE, we are going to continue the study of evaluating grafted cucumbers for early season production in greenhouses and high tunnels by collaborating with farmers[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels
Wilting Cucurbits! What could it be? August 29, 2019 - From Issue: 665 By: Liz Maynard, Dan Egel and Laura Ingwell Read More Winter squash – butternut, acorn, and kabocha – in our downy mildew sentinel plot at Pinney Purdue were showing some wilted and stunted plants by late July (Figure 1). They[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Pumpkins Squash Article Tags: Pests and Pest Management – General
Downy Mildew of Cucurbits in Michigan August 1, 2019 - From Issue: 663 By: Dan Egel Read More Cucurbit downy mildew has been observed on cucumber in the southwest corner of Michigan, just across the border from La Porte County and LaGrange Counties, Indiana. All cucurbit growers in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers
Variety Selection is Important for Managing Cucumber Powdery Mildew in High Tunnels July 22, 2019 - From Issue: 662 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Powdery mildew is particularly severe in high tunnel and greenhouse growing conditions (Figure 1). It affects a wide range of crops including tomatoes and cucumbers. In addition to using synthetic[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Plant Disease Management Varieties
