Cucurbits & pickles report
- Hard squash and pumpkin planting will be wrapping up soon.
- Summer squash and cucumbers are being harvested.
- Some pollination issues were observed in zucchini and summer squash in southwest Michigan last week.
- Cucurbit downy mildew was detected on cucumbers in Ontario on July 4, 2023.
- MSU is looking for anthracnose leaf and fruit rot and Phytophthora samples for research.
- Striped cucumber beetle pressure has been extreme in some cucurbit plantings.
Cucumber beetles on cucumbers. Photo by Chris Galbraith, MSU Extension.
