{"id":1747,"date":"2026-05-12T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:21:06","slug":"watermelon-fungicide-and-disease-id-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/2026\/05\/watermelon-fungicide-and-disease-id-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Fungicide and Disease ID Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2026 Watermelon Spray Guide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Dr. Bhabesh Dutta – UGA Extension Vegetable Pathologist. This condensed spray guide picks up at “Fruit Set” (spray 5) – or the post chlorothalonil sprays. if you want sprays 1 – 5, I will send to you or you can refer to a PREVIOUS BLOG POST<\/a> from 4\/1\/26. Call with questions. Tucker Price 229-507-8862.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watermelon Disease\/Wildlife Damage Images: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some pics of some potential watermelon disease and wildlife damage symptoms to be aware of when scouting fields and what to suspect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Downy Mildew. Leaves will “curl over” and have spots similar to gummy stem blight but without the concentric rings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Deer damage. Possibly turkey? Notice turkey track (in addition to deer) on plastic found near this damaged plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fusarium Wilt – single dead or wilted runner. Other things to consider are squash bugs, mechanical damage (deer stepped on it), wind damage. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anthracnose – Diamond shaped lesions on stems, angular or delta shaped leaf spots that will often crack, round faded pink colored lesions on melons. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gummy stem blight – lesions on leaves with concentric rings. Fertilizer burn can look similar. Spots often cross leaf veins and typically start from leaf margins. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Powdery mildew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3- Sisters Gardening <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of 5 raised bed gardens planted by Cook 4-H’ers beside Cook Extension Office this year. “3 Sisters” is a companion style planting practiced by Native Americans that include corn, beans, and pumpkin (or other cucurbit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2026 Watermelon Spray Guide From Dr. Bhabesh Dutta – UGA Extension Vegetable Pathologist. This condensed spray guide picks up at “Fruit Set” (spray 5) – or the post chlorothalonil sprays. if you want sprays 1 – 5, I will send to you or you can refer to a PREVIOUS BLOG POST from 4\/1\/26. Call with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1766,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions\/1766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}