Be Cautious When Using Low Tunnels for Early Watermelon Planting June 3, 2020 - From Issue: 675 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Watermelon is best grown at temperatures around 80-90°F. Temperatures above 90°F reduce the growth rate; above 105°F may cause plant injury. Temperatures below 42°F result in watermelon chilling injury; below 32°F[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture Protected Culture and Season Extension
Angular leaf spot of Cucurbits May 20, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Dan Egel Read More In the last issue of the Vegetable Crops Hotline, I wrote an article about common diseases of cantaloupe and watermelon transplants. Based on the samples I have received over the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Specialty Crops Soil Health Podcast May 13, 2020 - From Issue: 674 No-till pumpkin podcast starts the specialty crops series in the HAT-Soil Health podcasts from CCSI, Purdue and Hoosier Ag Today. Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Cover crop No-till Podcast Soil health Answer to Question from Last Issue (4-23-2020) May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 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 Correct Answer: B 2. Is this problem likely to spread to other transplants? Yes[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management 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 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 « First‹ Previous89101112 (current) 13141516Next ›Last »Page 12 of 26
Answer to Question from Last Issue (4-23-2020) May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 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 Correct Answer: B 2. Is this problem likely to spread to other transplants? Yes[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
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
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
