melon

Mar 17, 2019

2018 Cucurbit Cultivar Evaluations

Crops: Orange Flesh Melon, Pumpkin, Watermelon, and Zucchini Squash

Feb 20, 2019

How to determine a ripe melon | MSU

A sure sign of summer in Michigan is the number of locally grown, vine-ripened melons available at farm stands and farmers markets. However, with modern transportation, watermelon, cantaloupe and other melons are available year around. So how does a buyer in the dead of winter determine a flavorful melon? Continue Reading

Aug 3, 2018

August 3 Michigan vegetable update | MSU

In cucurbits, cucurbit downy mildew was detected at additional sites in southwest Michigan as well as in Saginaw and Arenac counties over the last week; it is on the move and cucumbers and melons need to be protected. Phytophthora capsici was causing fruit rot and leaf lesions in one zucchini field and root, crown and petiole rot in other fields after last week’s wetter weather.

Aug 1, 2018

Michigan Vegetable Crop Updates | MSU Extension

Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 1, 2018 Cucurbit downy mildew is now present throughout the area, so a tighter spray schedule with more effective products is advised. Morning dew conditions will continue to be conducive for powdery mildew spread. Read more Southeast Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 1, 2018 In cucumbers, downy mildew reports continue to…

Jul 26, 2018

Downy mildew found in Michigan cucumbers in 2018 | MSU Extension Vegetables

Growers on the west side of Michigan should consider fungicide sprays for cucumbers and melons (watermelons, cantaloupe, muskmelon) now that downy mildew has been verified in Berrien County on July 24, 2018. Read this article from MSU Extension about the downy mildew outbreak.  

Jul 5, 2018

All-America Selections Designates Two Melons as 2019 Winners | Seed World Daily

Melon Orange SilverWave F1 is a regional winner in the Northeast and Southeast. Orange SilverWave is an exotic melon bred in South Korea with an extremely sweet, orange flesh and unique rind color.

Mar 17, 2018

2017 Cucurbit Cultivar Evaluations

Crops: Specialty Melon, Orange Flesh Melon, Pumpkin, Watermelon, and Yellow & Zucchini Squash

Feb 7, 2018

Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook | Growing Produce

Download the Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook from Growing Produce or visit topics of interest for cucurbit growers with the following links: Disease Control for Cucurbits Efficacy of Products for Disease Control in Cucurbits Cucumber Production Recomendations Melon Production Recomendations Pumpkin and Winter Squash Production Recomendations Summer Squash Production Recomendations Watermelon Production Recomendations

Jul 25, 2017

Ontario Cucurbit Downy Mildew Report for July 2017

Risk of downy mildew to cucumbers and cantaloupe remains high.

Jun 28, 2017

Ontario reports downy mildew on cucumber and cantaloupe – Vegetable Growers News

Downy mildew has been reported in Essex County in Ontario, Canada, putting the pathogen within easy striking distance of Michigan’s cucurbit crops. This pattern of downy mildew being detected in our immediate region around the time of July 4, 2017, has become well-established. If fungicide sprays have not been applied to the most susceptible crops…