Vegetables: Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Chuck Bornt, Senior Extension Associate, CCE Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program If you are growing cantaloupes, cucumbers or any other kind of vine crop, you know that Cucurbit Downy Mildew has become an annual pest that we have to deal with.  In the last few years, a lot of effort has gone into breeding Read More…

Start Scouting Those Cucumbers NOW!

by Chuck Bornt, 6/27/22 Those of you that are frequent readers of vegetable newsletters know that over the last bunch of years, we have been battling a new strain or “clades” of Cucurbit Downy Mildew.  In the past, we would see it occasionally, but these new clade types have become annual occurrences especially in cucumbers Read More…