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Eastern Shore of VA

Plant looks good,growing rapidly.
150-200 sq ft now.
The melons on two females now have begin to yellow and die.
Flower has never opened.
BER perhaps?
Fed plant a dose of blossom booster(0-30-50)
Too much?
Weather hasn't been terribly hot.
Mid 80s average.

6/30/2016 11:56:39 AM

Upper Strasburg, PA

Boron deficiency is one possibility.

6/30/2016 2:02:40 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

Wouldn't that show in the plant?
Plant is growing rapidly.

7/1/2016 6:21:37 PM

Partlow,Va

Since you are in Va I would say too wet is your problem

7/1/2016 11:52:09 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

You having that problem Hank?
We got 11 inches in 3 hours yesterday.
Flooding bad in some spots here.

7/2/2016 7:16:49 AM

Partlow,Va

We drove through that rain yesterday on the way to Corolla...like all the way...my goodness the fields look like lakes.
We got like 6 inches last week. Got hammered three evenings with Tstorms. The week before I was lucky and missed the bad storms and got maybe 2 inches. Hard to pollinate and keep the darn cuc beetles off.
I just fed bloom buster too and that should help I hope.

7/4/2016 8:52:04 AM

Eastern Shore of VA

Very wet here.
Lot of the farmers that planted wheat were nervous about disease.
We had rain 11 out of the first 14 days of June.
Looking at our extended forecast it looks like rain or a chance for it every day for the next 10 days.
I think my potassium might be a little low as well.
Seeing a few leaves with a little yellowing tips.
Maybe we will get a melon set soon.

7/4/2016 9:33:32 AM