I think I may be narrowing it down to either SVB or some kind of maggot. Maybe either cabbage maggot or corn seed maggots. Lorri D

Hello, the Home Depot guy says that I indeed have seed corn maggots. He says that people have been in the store for weeks buying things to get rid of them and the plants in the ground are the most susceptible. The maggots have attacked my melons and watermelons so far. They have gotten to about half of them and hopefully that is it!

All of my plants are grown from seed and are varieties that are not replaceable at any local nursery. So, I've been pulling the wilted plants and de-maggotting them... Don't ask...Lol.

When I replanted them, they wilted right away again. So, I have brought them inside and stuck them into some DE and they are perky, but pale.

They may be stunted beyond getting anything out of them, but I plan on trying to replant them again if they make it and regrow enough roots to support them in the soil. I am wondering if rooting compound might help them? Lorri D