I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my gold star muskmelon plant and what I should do about it. This is my 2nd year growing muskmelon and I didn't have this problem last year. I noticed maybe a month ago some spots of what looked like red goo coming out of the vine. I didn't really think anything of it because the rest of the plant looked great. But then I started losing some melons that had been pollinated properly and we're starting to grow in size, but then all of a sudden yellowed and died. A little later I noticed another spot on a vine with red goo, and after being away this weekend I came back to the plant's mature leaves starting to yellow and wilt (I had a timed sprinkler set up so it wasn't lack of water, the rest of my garden looks great.) I have maybe 5 mature melons that are almost ready for harvest and 1 that I harvested today. Are they safe to eat if it is fusarium wilt? And how bad is this disease? Online I was reading that the plant and soil should be destroyed if it is fusarium wilt. How do you go about destroying the soil? This isn't in a pot or raised bed, it's in the ground. My garden gets full sun. Not sure what the soil conditions are, I've never tested. I don't fertilize -- I turned in peat moss to my beds this spring before planting. Thank you for any information you can provide. I've included a photo of the plant when it was healthy and happily growing up the trellis, a picture of the red goo, and a picture of the now wilting leaves.