Non-Chemical Management
- Plant resistant or tolerant varieties. 'Niagara' cucumber is resistant, while the cucumber varieties 'Burpee', 'Dasher II', 'Gemini', 'Marketmore', 'Multipik', 'Pioneer', and 'Surecrop', among others, are tolerant. The pickling cucumber 'Pioneer' has high tolerance.
- Control aphids and cucumber beetles.
- Control weed hosts such as wild cucumber, milkweed, and others in and around the garden.
- Remove and destroy infected plants.
Select non-chemical management options as your first choice!