MELCAST 2018 May 24, 2018 - From Issue: 643 By: Dan Egel Read More MELCAST is a weather-based disease-forecasting program that helps growers schedule foliar fungicides. MELCAST stands for MELon disease forCASTer. This program, designed by Dr. Rick Latin, Professor of Plant Pathology at[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Entomologists Looking for Cucumber Beetles May 10, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Laura Ingwell Entomologists are looking for growers willing to participate in research examining the detection and distribution of striped cucumber beetles. We would like to visit your fields on multiple occasions this[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers
Chateau Herbicide for Use in Melon Production May 10, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel Read More This article provides more detailed information about this herbicide. How does Chateau® herbicide work Chateau® is a group 14 mode-of-action herbicide. Compounds in this group are most active on broadleaf[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Watermelon Article Tags: Weed Management
Chateau Herbicide SW 24(c) label May 1, 2018 - From Issue: 642 By: Dan Egel Chateau SW® herbicide now has a 24(c) special local needs label for cucurbits. This product is produced by Valent, but the label is held by the Indiana Vegetable Growers Association[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Weed Management
Organic Control Methods for Striped Cucumber Beetles April 26, 2018 - From Issue: 641 By: Rick Foster and Laura Ingwell Read More One of the most problematic insect pests that organic vegetable growers have to deal with is the striped cucumber beetle. The insect feeds on all the cucurbit crops, but can[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
Entomologists Looking for Cucumber Beetles April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Laura Ingwell Entomologists are looking for growers willing to participate in research examining the detection and distribution of striped cucumber beetles. We would like to visit your fields on multiple occasions this[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Pests and Pest Management – General
Aphids in High Tunnels April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Laura Ingwell Read More It’s that time of year, where we are prepping high tunnels and getting back into the full swing of production, slowly, here in the Midwest. Many of you have already[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucumbers Lettuce Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Insect and Mite Management
Check Soil Temperatures before Planting Cucumbers in a High Tunnel April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Growers start to plant tomatoes in unheated high tunnels around the end of March in southern Indiana. Around that time, there may still be a few light frosts, or even[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Crop Culture Greenhouses & High Tunnels Special Cultural Practices
Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits Update April 12, 2018 - From Issue: 640 By: Dan Egel Read More Powdery mildew is a foliar disease of all plants in the cucurbit family. The talc-like symptoms on leaves are relatively easy to identify (Figure 1). More about powdery mildew of[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
What You Need to Know about Cucumber Varieties for High Tunnel Production March 15, 2018 - From Issue: 639 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Cucumbers are produced with very different production systems. The ideal cucumber variety for process pickling production is not the variety used for greenhouse production. Choosing the suitable variety for a specific production system then becomes[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension Varieties
