FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2001
Watermelon Field Day – July 12 - Edisto Research and Education Center
BLACKVILLE---The Clemson Extension Service, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, and the South Carolina Watermelon Association are pleased to announce that there will be a watermelon field day held at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina, on Thursday, July 12, beginning at 4:00 PM. All watermelon producers and other producers interested in vegetable research projects currently being conducted at the Edisto Station are invited to attend the field day.
This event will include field tours of three research plots at the station that focus on watermelon and one bell pepper plot. The first project concerns dye injection through drip tape that shows water displacement through the soil bed at different flow rates. The second plot is a variety trial covering twelve seedless varieties. Also, water management and fertigation for watermelons on different soil types will be viewed and discussed at the variety project site. The final melon site considers rates and formulations of Telone injected through drip tape and its effectiveness as a soil fumigant.
The final stop will look at breeding lines of bell pepper, developed at the Coastal Vegetable Research Laboratory, that show potential nematode resistance.
Dinner will be served after the tour, and there will also be discussions of future plans for vegetable research projects at the Edisto Station.
Please call one of the following contacts by July 9 if you will attend this meeting so that a meal can be prepared for you. You can also get more meeting details if needed and directions to the Edisto Station from any of the contacts. Clemson Extension- Gilbert Miller- (803) 245-2661 or Joe Varn- (803) 259-7141, South Carolina Department of Agriculture-Martin Eubanks- (803) 734-2200, or the Edisto Research and Education Center at (803) 284-3343.