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Sacramento, Ca

This is what downy mildew looks like. First link is my watermelons from last year:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=120124

Second link is pumpkin from last year:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=120125

This link is what will happen to the plant if the disease is left unchecked:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=119663

8/8/2010 4:45:35 PM

Alabama

How do you get rid of it organically?

8/8/2010 6:02:45 PM

Sacramento, Ca

no clue.

8/8/2010 6:28:40 PM

Sacramento, Ca

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/downymildew.html

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/resourceguide/cmp/cucurbit.php

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/downymildew09.html

8/8/2010 6:32:17 PM

Western PA

Yep, that is exactly what my melon leaves looked like this year. I have a pumpkin plant close to where my melon was at and I notice that the leaves near the stump are getting some yellow areas with the outer edges turning brown. It may be infected.

8/8/2010 8:49:09 PM