LODI, CA – Unseasonably cool wet weather is making a mess in Sacramento Valley melon fields.
"At this point in the year, the plant should be at least 24 inches," said melon grower Jon Tecklenburg as he stood and looked at his weed-choked field in Lodi. "Usually, it's hot right now. Too hot for weeds to grow, but the constant rain is letting them take hold."
Tecklenburg's Ranch is known for ambrosia melons. "They're kind of a back yard melon, but we grew them and took them to the farmers market and people loved them," Tecklenburg said.
But if his fields don't dry out soon, Tecklenburg said he could lose 50 percent of his ambrosia crop this year.
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