Best disease resistant cantalope & squash

[BlackestKrim]

I want to try cantelope and squash (both summer and winter) again, but I had the most horrible time with powdery mildew last summer.

Do yall recommend any particular varieties/seed suppliers that have great resistance to powdery mildew and fusirium wilt? I recall I found a great variety at a Dave's Garden "top 5" site (can't recall the name now) but they only had the seed in bulk supply. The seeds they had in home-grower quantities weren't of the really disease-resistant varieties.

While I prefer heirloom in tomatoes, at my current expertise, I'd prefer some hybrid, unkillable squashes, melons, and cukes.

[Mark0820]

For winter squash, you might want to consider butternut squash. It has a solid vine so there are no issues with vine borers (if you have vine borers in Texas). I have a lot of cucumber beetles and vine borers, and the only squash I seem to be able to grow is butternut. I don't experience any problems with disease either when growing butternut.

[TZ-OH6]

Powdery mildew resistant butternut types

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...ation%2010.pdf



some here

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-547-butternut.aspx

[Mark0820]

Originally Posted by TZ-OH6

Powdery mildew resistant butternut types

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.corne...ation%2010.pdf



some here

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-547-butternut.aspx

Thanks for clarifying. I didn't realize some butternuts were more disease resistant than others. I always grow Waltham, so that is why I have had success.