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Post by kazedwards on Jul 26, 2014 13:07:37 GMT -5
What is wrong with this cantaloupe? It use to be very full and now it seem to be wilting away. There are a few plants in there but there is one that is not doing well in the middle.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 26, 2014 23:15:00 GMT -5
Looks to me like the virus passed by cucumber beetle. Look for striped flying beetles. Turn the leaves over and check for their eggs. If I see them, I take the leaves and stuff them in a plastic bag and leave them in the sun to cook them. Try giving them a drink of water followed by an application of fish emulsion in a hose end sprayer. The cuke beetles do not like the fishey. You may have lost this plant. Record what type/variety this was and make note to self: susceptible to cuke beetle wilt. Don't replant this variety. Sorry for your loss.
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 27, 2014 1:43:21 GMT -5
I do have the spotted ones in my garden. I will keep an eye out for the eggs thanks for the help
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 28, 2014 12:32:21 GMT -5
Now what is eating it?
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 29, 2014 15:59:04 GMT -5
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 30, 2014 0:01:49 GMT -5
That was my first cantaloupe and I was quite mad when I saw that. I have been checking most every day for rot but missed that one for a while obviously. I'm sure it is a combination of rot and pest. Now that I think of it.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 30, 2014 1:11:13 GMT -5
It happens frequently in my melon patch. Any little break in the skin, either caused by beast or not, is soon exploited by both micro- and macro-organisms. The micros cause the rot while the macros just eat their through it! I've left what looked to be a perfect melon lying in its spot, admiring it each day until it looked ripe. I picked it up and it was simply a hollow shell. Various beasties had cleaned it out from behind!
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 30, 2014 2:21:41 GMT -5
This is a great link! Thanks for posting it
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