Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week on how all of the rain we have had in the Southeast is impacting the development of several diseases on watermelons and other plants. In spite of the moist conditions, most farmers have been warding off the worst diseases by active and repeated spraying of their crops. You can read more at https://vscnews.com/gummy-stem-blight-tops-georgia-watermelon-diseases/.

Source: Shu Suehiro, Commons Wikimedia