Pumpkin

“The melon aphid has a wide host range; vegetable crops attacked include cucurbits, asparagus, pepper, eggplant, and okra.”

“The melon aphid has a wide host range; vegetable crops attacked include cucurbits, asparagus, pepper, eggplant, and okra.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“The host range includes cucurbits such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, the Solanaceae including peppers, tomato, and eggplant, legumes such as snap bean and lima beans, and weeds such as wild night shades, purslane, and Carolina geranium.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Pumpkins and winter squash performed better in conventional tillage than in no-till in this trial. Compared to conventional tillage, the largest reductions in fruit number and yield occurred in crops no-till transplanted into rye killed with glyphosate.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“The striped cucumber beetle is a key pest of all cucurbit crops in New England, one that requires cultural and often chemical controls to prevent direct feeding damage and transmission of bacterial wilt.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“Host Plants: Bean leaf beetle has a large host range that mostly includes legumes such as soybean, green bean, and clover; however, it will occasionally feed on stinging nettle and cucurbits such as pumpkin and cucumber (Photo 3).”

“The host range includes cucurbits such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, the Solanaceae including peppers, tomato, and eggplant, legumes such as snap bean and lima beans, and weeds such as wild night shades, purslane, and Carolina geranium.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“The variety was excessively viny and did overtake and smother the grounded corn and diminutive beans, resulting in poor yields in the 3SI for those crops.”

“Corn, small grains, and other grasses are usually good crops to rotate with vegetable crops. Fusarium fruit rot, however, has been more common in pumpkin following corn.”

“Research by Mt.Pleasant and Burt (2010) found that maize yields were not affected by the presence of bean and pumpkin, yielding as well in the polyculture as in monoculture. However, bean and squash yields were greatly reduced when grown with maize compared to their yields in monocultures.”

“The variety was excessively viny and did overtake and smother the grounded corn and diminutive beans, resulting in poor yields in the 3SI for those crops.”

“Do not plant garlic near other allium crops or alfalfa, clover, cucurbits, or brassicas, as these can harbor large thrips migrating to garlic when these crops are cut or harvested.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“This crop may be susceptible to many of the same pests as cucumber and squash and melons. Downy mildew is a serious disease of cucurbit crops. Cucumbers are the most susceptible to infection, however melons and other cucurbit crops can be affected by certain pathotypes of this disease. Downy mildew is wind borne and highly infectious. In susceptible cucurbits, it can destroy on unprotected crop in less than 1 week.”

“The melon aphid has a wide host range; vegetable crops attacked include cucurbits, asparagus, pepper, eggplant, and okra.”

“Do not plant onions near alfalfa, clover, cucurbits or brassica crops that can harbor large populations of thrips, which may migrate to onions when these crops are cut or harvested.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Avoid planting into soils that are known to be contaminated with Phytophthora capsici, which can survive in the soil for many years; a 3-year or longer rotation with plants other than pepper, tomato, eggplant, cucurbits, or legumes may help reduce losses.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“Rootworm beetles are attracted to plants in the Cucurbitaceae family, such as cucumbers, melons, and pumpkins. Since rootworms typically lay eggs where they are feeding, corn planted after a cucurbit crop can result in high rootworm populations to rotated corn.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“Host Plants: Bean leaf beetle has a large host range that mostly includes legumes such as soybean, green bean, and clover; however, it will occasionally feed on stinging nettle and cucurbits such as pumpkin and cucumber (Photo 3).”

“The host range includes cucurbits such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, the Solanaceae including peppers, tomato, and eggplant, legumes such as snap bean and lima beans, and weeds such as wild night shades, purslane, and Carolina geranium.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“Host Plants: Bean leaf beetle has a large host range that mostly includes legumes such as soybean, green bean, and clover; however, it will occasionally feed on stinging nettle and cucurbits such as pumpkin and cucumber (Photo 3).”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Management: Do not use solanaceous crops (such as tomato or potato), or squash or raspberries for rotation crops.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Rootworm beetles are attracted to plants in the Cucurbitaceae family, such as cucumbers, melons, and pumpkins. Since rootworms typically lay eggs where they are feeding, corn planted after a cucurbit crop can result in high rootworm populations to rotated corn.”

“Research by Mt.Pleasant and Burt (2010) found that maize yields were not affected by the presence of bean and pumpkin, yielding as well in the polyculture as in monoculture. However, bean and squash yields were greatly reduced when grown with maize compared to their yields in monocultures.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“The host range includes cucurbits such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, the Solanaceae including peppers, tomato, and eggplant, legumes such as snap bean and lima beans, and weeds such as wild night shades, purslane, and Carolina geranium.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“The striped cucumber beetle is a key pest of all cucurbit crops in New England, one that requires cultural and often chemical controls to prevent direct feeding damage and transmission of bacterial wilt.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“The striped cucumber beetle is a key pest of all cucurbit crops in New England, one that requires cultural and often chemical controls to prevent direct feeding damage and transmission of bacterial wilt.”

“Among cucurbits, the crops that are most susceptible and attractive to squash bug are yellow summer squash, zucchini, Hubbard squash, and pumpkin, especially thick-stemmed types. Watermelon, cucumber, muskmelon and butternut resist damage and also provide poor food quality for adult and nymph survival.”

“The squash vine borer is a common clearwing moth whose larvae feed inside the vines and crowns of summer squash, winter squash, and pumpkins.”

“In addition to causing disease on all cucurbits, Phytophthora blight can affect peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, snap beans and lima beans.”

“The host range includes cucurbits such as melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, the Solanaceae including peppers, tomato, and eggplant, legumes such as snap bean and lima beans, and weeds such as wild night shades, purslane, and Carolina geranium.”

“P. capsici cannot be managed by fungicide applications alone; successful disease control is achieved only by a season-long effort to manage water and other cultural practices. The single most effective way to control this disease is to prevent its movement into clean fields by equipment, humans, or infested water. Plant susceptible crops (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, all cucurbit species, and beans) in well-drained fields with no history of this disease.”

“The fungus eventually colonizes the entire cabbage head. Below: White mold on cabbage head with sclerotia. (M.T. McGrath) Other susceptible crops, most of which have been seen affected by white mold in New York, include other brassica crops, carrot, eggplant, lettuce, pepper (see below), potato, tomato, pea, pumpkin, and winter squash, plus hemp (see below) and soybean.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“Corn, small grains, and other grasses are usually good crops to rotate with vegetable crops. Fusarium fruit rot, however, has been more common in pumpkin following corn.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“Most specialists recommend at least a four-year crop rotation before planting a cucurbit crop. In the meantime, avoid susceptible crops such as tomatoes, peppers and green beans.”

“The crops planted in the alleys were forages (smooth bromegrass - Bromus inermis Leyss.); grains (soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘Makin’ ); milo - Sorghum bicolor L.); or vegetables (tomatoes - Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ‘Mountain Pride’; western shipping type muskmelon Curcurbita pepo L. ‘Magnum 45’; large and decorative pumpkins; and sweet corn - Zea mays L.).”

“Advantages mentioned by producers in addition to soil health benefits from the cover crop include cleaner pumpkins at harvest, and in rainy seasons, less mud in the field making a more pleasant experience for customers who pick pumpkins right from the field.”

“In 2002, weed populations were significantly greater than those in 2001, and in 2002, regardless of herbicides, yields of mature fruit were greater in tillage treatments with higher rye residues (SR, ST). Although weed populations were less in one year than the other, herbicides provided effective control in both seasons, and RR, ST, and SR effectively suppressed weeds compared with CT.”

“Prior to the pumpkin planting and throughout the pumpkin growing season we received nearly twice the normal amount of rainfall. With the heavy mat of rolled rye and the more than normal amount of rain; the ground did not dry to a suitable moisture content for the pumpkins to flourish. Pumpkins prefer drier soils rather than wetter soils.”

“The corn provides structural support, and bean fixes nitrogen in the soil for the other plants. Sister squash provides ground cover, increasing soil moisture and suppressing weed growth.”

“Lettuce intercropped with peaches until mid-June followed immediately by a pumpkin intercrop until October.”

“The corn provides structural support, and bean fixes nitrogen in the soil for the other plants. Sister squash provides ground cover, increasing soil moisture and suppressing weed growth.”

“The corn provides structural support, and bean fixes nitrogen in the soil for the other plants. Sister squash provides ground cover, increasing soil moisture and suppressing weed growth.”

“We have worked with fields of mixed standard pumpkins surrounded by Prizewinner or Blue Hubbard with good success. We have also seen success with Blue Hubbard around a mix of various winter squashes and pumpkins that were all C. pepo and C. moschata, in smaller scale diversified operations.”

“Vegetables: lima bean; snap bean; beet; carrot; corn; melon; onion; parsnip; squash.”