Cantaloupe and Watermelon Transplant Diseases May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 By: Dan Egel Read More Many cantaloupe and watermelon growers are either growing transplants in a greenhouse or are expecting delivery of transplants in the next few weeks. Either way, growers should inspect transplants for[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
When to Plant Watermelons May 4, 2020 - From Issue: 673 By: Wenjing Guan Read More This is a newly released video about when to plant watermelons. https://youtu.be/tHT2mAnNRWk Watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumber plants are very sensitive to low temperatures. Even when frost has passed, soil temperatures below[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Question of the Issue (4-23-2020) April 22, 2020 - From Issue: 672 By: Dan Egel Read More 1. What caused the water-soaked stem of this watermelon transplant? A-damping-off B-gummy stem blight C-Lightening strike 2. Is this problem likely to spread to other transplants? 3. Will this problem[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Watermelon Fertility and Irrigation Management March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Wenjing Guan Dear Watermelon Growers, At our past winter technical meeting, several growers suggested fertilizer recommendations need to be reevaluated for watermelon production in our area. This suggestion is timely and critical.[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Summer Squash Cultivar Selection for High Tunnel Production February 17, 2020 - From Issue: 668 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Warm-season vegetables like tomato, cucumber, pepper etc. often receive premium prices if they were sold at farmers’ markets earlier in the season. The same happens on summer squash, with the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
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
Do You Need to Squash those Bugs on Your Pumpkins? September 12, 2019 - From Issue: 666 By: Elizabeth Long Read More You may be seeing a few “stink bug-like” insects crawling around on your cucurbit crops this time of year. However, these slightly more slender insects are not stink bugs, they[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins
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
Bacterial Spot of Pumpkin August 1, 2019 - From Issue: 663 By: Dan Egel Read More I have observed this disease in scattered commercial pumpkin and squash fields across Indiana. Symptoms: Bacterial spot causes ⅛-¼ inch angular leaf lesions that are white to light brown in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins
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
