Can you transplant cucumbers and watermelon?
Watermelon and cantaloupe are transplanted often. Advantages of transplanting include earlier harvest, better control of plant population, and less seed cost per acre since seeds germinate under better conditions. Cucumbers are normally direct seeded, since there are so many more plants to the acre. All of these crops have very brittle transplants and need to be handled very carefully when being planted. They should be planted when the plants have three true leaves. Larger transplants tend to become intertwined and break during handling.
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RAYMOND, Miss. -- Commercial vegetable growers have a new mobile-based resource to help them manage pests and diseases in their crops. The MyIPM for Vegetables app is the latest in the MyIPM app series. MyIPM for Vegetables currently offers resources for tomatoes and cucurbits, which includes cucumbers, pumpkins, squash and watermelons.
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RAYMOND, Miss. -- Watermelon production in Mississippi is off to a good start in the early days of harvest season. “Right now, everything looks really good,” said Heath Steede, Mississippi State University Extension agent in George County. “They’re pulling them pretty hot and heavy right now.”