Tubers are developing well with two inch or larger found in the hills. Leafhoppers are now easily found with ten or more per 20 sweeps in several smaller fields that were not treated with systemics at planting. Sweet corn continues to develop well with tassels now showing in earlier planted fields. There are a lot of corn borer larva present. European corn borer moth counts in traps this week dropped to 26 per trap, down from last week's 66 and 228 the week earlier.
Cabbage continues to look good in most fields with several growers now harvesting a good pack.
Slicing cucumbers are beginning to be harvested along with the zucchini and summer squash . One field of zucchini has had more than a 50 percent plant loss with plants wilting. Current wisdom has not identified this as a disease. Possibly there has been leaching of Curbit with more than 7 inches of rain since planting. Small melons are beginning to develop on the muskmelons planted earliest.