22 early varieties and 27 late varieties will be on display. Hindsight is 20-20, but it is a good time for growers to note the problems and resolve to not get caught next year. There is nothing more frustrating or scary for growers to have the investment in plastic, drip irrigation, and all the rest and then not have enough plants, or enough good plants of the desired variety. Our extension publication, The Watermelon Growers Handbook is available from county extension offices in Delaware and Maryland. It is very important to control cucumber beetles to prevent transmission of bacterial wilt .
Plants are most susceptible from transplanting until they begin to vine.
To avoid root rots plow down previous crop debris and have a clean seedbed. This report does not include rainfall on Monday. For any potatoes that emerged after May 6 or 7 your severity values range from 9 to 11, still below the threshold of 18 DSV's. For all the other potatoes we have accumulated enough DSV's to warrant a 7-day spray interval. Most areas received some much-needed rainfall.