zuccini and borers

[Jack1000]

I had a problem with squash borers last year. I was wondering if anybody knows
what the egg looks like when it gets laid on the plant stem.
I found a few hard, very small brownish circular things that I thought might
be the eggs. There was one on a stalk attached facing the ground, maybe four on
every other plant.
I hate these pests. They take a wonderful thriving plant and bring it to its
knees.
So far the only way I found to fight them was to find the holes they make on
the bottom of the stalk and stick thin a wire in and try to skewer the little
black faced larvas.
If I can get the eggs off the plant before it is too late that would save a lot
of back breaking work.

[Karl L. Wuensch]

The small brownish circular things may be squash bug eggs. Squash bugs will
kill your squash every bit as effectively as borers -- but I find dozens of
them on my zucchini, not just a few.

Karl W.

"Jack1000" > wrote in message
...
> I had a problem with squash borers last year. I was wondering if anybody
knows
> what the egg looks like when it gets laid on the plant stem.
> I found a few hard, very small brownish circular things that I thought
might
> be the eggs. There was one on a stalk attached facing the ground, maybe
four on
> every other plant.
> I hate these pests. They take a wonderful thriving plant and bring it to
its
> knees.
> So far the only way I found to fight them was to find the holes they make
on
> the bottom of the stalk and stick thin a wire in and try to skewer the
little
> black faced larvas.
> If I can get the eggs off the plant before it is too late that would save
a lot
> of back breaking work.

[dr-solo@wi.rr.xx.com]

floating row covers or even use pvc arched over the plant to drape netting.
second is Bt to kill the caterpillars.
Ingrid

(Jack1000) wrote:

>I had a problem with squash borers last year. I was wondering if anybody knows
>what the egg looks like when it gets laid on the plant stem.
> I found a few hard, very small brownish circular things that I thought might
>be the eggs. There was one on a stalk attached facing the ground, maybe four on
>every other plant.
>I hate these pests. They take a wonderful thriving plant and bring it to its
>knees.
>So far the only way I found to fight them was to find the holes they make on
>the bottom of the stalk and stick thin a wire in and try to skewer the little
>black faced larvas.
>If I can get the eggs off the plant before it is too late that would save a lot
>of back breaking work.



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