Pumpkins have developed small fruits in most fields. Powdery mildew has appeared in the first fields this week. Muskmelon harvest continues and will be in full swing by the end of this week. Potato harvest continues as tubers are more mature than when harvest first started. Very few aphids and leafhoppers are evident in fields.
Early blight is easy to find in many fields.
Pepper harvest has begun with very good fruit quality. Cabbage harvest continues with high quality for mid-summer harvest due to cooler temperatures. Diamondback moths in traps were down again this week to 30, down for the seventh week in a row. Other cabbage insects are present and heavy in fields with low IPM efforts. Rain totals over the area ranged from 3 to over 6 inches.