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
Top Performing Watermelon Varieties in the 2017 Indiana Watermelon Variety Trial January 22, 2018 - From Issue: 638 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Seedless watermelon variety trials have been conducted at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes, IN for more than 20 years. In 2017, we evaluated the performance of 37 standard[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Varieties
Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Dan Egel Read More This disease was a serious problem in much of the state this past summer. As a result, I have had many questions about managing this disease. The questions I have[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Are You Interested in Growing Greenhouse Type Cucumbers in High Tunnels, and Targeting for Early Season Production? October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Consumers love cucumbers that are sweet, seedless and have thin skins. They are willing to pay high prices for the long or mini cucumbers sold at grocery stores. These cucumbers[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
Results of Specialty Melon Variety Trials will be Presented at the Indiana Hort Congress October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Petrus Langenhoven, Wenjing Guan, Ariana Torres and Amanda J Deering In the past season, we tested performances of eight specialty melons grown under high tunnel, greenhouse, hydroponic, and conventional field systems. The melon varieties we have tested in our trials[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Melons, Other Article Tags: Crop Culture
Downy Mildew of Cucurbits August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635 By: Dan Egel Earlier in August, downy mildew was reported on all cucurbit species in LaPorte County in northwest Indiana and on pumpkins in Starke County (just south of La Porte County). More[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Yellow Leaves on Pumpkins August 31, 2017 - From Issue: 635 By: Dan Egel Read More This time of year, I receive many complaints of pumpkin plants with yellow leaves. There can be many reasons why pumpkin plants have yellow leaves. The most common reason for[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Crop Culture
Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits August 18, 2017 - From Issue: 634 By: Dan Egel Read More Powdery mildew is a common disease of cantaloupe and pumpkin in Indiana. Occasionally, I observe this disease on watermelon as well. Recently, I have noticed more powdery mildew than usual[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
