Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

Answer to Question from Last Issue (7-30-2020)

August 12, 2020 - Included in Issue: 680

By: Jeanine Arana and Stephen Meyers

Watermelon is growing in this bed, but something went wrong. What happened?

Answer: The weed morningglories are taking over watermelons. Morningglories have become one of the most severe weeds observed in the watermelon field in southern Indiana. More information about this weed can be found in the article Morningglories in this issue of Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter.

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