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Trinity River Bottom

Went out saturday morning and culled a lope that weighed about 10 lbs . had three other nicer ones ... went to check them Sunday morning all of them had a dark soft spot on top.. at this point i have no other lopes set . strange they all went down on the very same day.. they were on 3 different plants....THE END.. they were not even the same age...Go figure had to be the heat ...

6/20/2011 8:36:59 AM

Corryton, TN

Sunburn! Probably happened same day.

Take an old sheet and tear into pieces large enough to cover them next time. I try not to let much touch the ground. It wicks up water (if you have any). Not the end . Start again, there's time. I've got sprouts 2 days old for late season.

6/20/2011 9:04:28 AM

Garner, NC

Hate to hear that Kirk, reset and keep going, like Dave said plenty of time.

6/20/2011 9:37:24 AM

Garner, NC

My lopes are flopping bad during the heat of the day, and stand back up when the heat/sun lets up some. Well yesterday I installed a mister large enough to mist 2 plants, and have a timer that is going to mist 4 times today. I can't wait to get home this afternoon and see if they are wilted or if the misting helped.
I'm sure someone else has tried this and what kind of results did you get?

6/20/2011 9:41:35 AM

Trinity River Bottom

they were shaded

6/20/2011 10:59:49 AM

Trinity River Bottom

i'm not giving up ..

6/20/2011 11:00:58 AM

El Paso TX.

@Ice Man -- the mister should help a lot -- I lightly water mine every couple hours here (pretty much the same as misting ) and it keeps them from drooping in our 100+ degree weather (though we have a very dry heat with low humidity so a bit of water helps lower the temp quite a bit)

@ Kirk - sorry to hear about the Lopes but as others said still plenty of time.

6/20/2011 12:09:41 PM

Corryton, TN

Should have figured they were shaded. Sounded like some I've seen that were sunburned. Any pics?

6/20/2011 12:57:20 PM

sevierville, Tn

What was the highes on saturday?? How old were the lopes?

Sorry you lost them. As long as your season is, i'd start over.

6/20/2011 2:36:49 PM

Trinity River Bottom

season aint over .. just getting started . maybe 20 day old range. around 104 degrees.

6/20/2011 4:03:20 PM

Okla

What did you shade them with? Did you have it laying right on the cantaloupe and is there a chance whatever you were using got wet sometime during the day? I have found that putting 4 stakes around the cantaloupe then tying the shade material up off the cantaloupe works ok.

6/20/2011 5:07:03 PM

Wv

BAD DEAL. treetop

6/20/2011 7:01:22 PM

Muddy Waters

Come on Captain Smack!! Your the comeback Kid!!

6/20/2011 9:12:47 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Lope plants will go into patch tomorrow!!! Peace, Wayne

6/21/2011 2:38:18 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

How bout pan fryin em like zucchini? If they can fry Snickers bars, they can fry Lopes? Sounds like the local County Fair? Oops, sorry ... thought I was on the recipe page? Peace, Wayne LOL

6/21/2011 3:11:54 AM

El Paso TX.

LOL Wayne --- you know us Texans will fry just about anything ! Actually just made some Fried zucchini yesterday -have 5 Black Beauty Zucchini plants growing and have gotten about 3-5 zucs off of each one so far !

6/21/2011 9:34:24 AM

sevierville, Tn

I love squash any way its fixed, MsJanet makes good fried squash....if i can get her in the kitchen this time of year ;)

6/21/2011 2:11:27 PM

Bowdon, GA

Sorry to hear about those burning Kirk. Not much you can do to lopes in this heat. The mister might help. Ussually if it stays over a 100 and I water mine enough to keep them from flagging the vines and stumps start to rot. Already seeing some problems on one of mine. Did they stop growing? I had a big one before with a burnt spot it just got flat on top but kept growing. Probablly could have won the ugliest lope contest. It was shaded too.

6/21/2011 10:19:25 PM

Trinity River Bottom

No jake they stopped growing i think...

6/22/2011 8:19:35 AM