On 05/25/2018 08:01 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 5/25/2018 9:31 PM, T wrote:
On 05/25/2018 08:05 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 5/25/2018 8:17 AM, Nyssa wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:

On 5/25/2018 12:04 AM, songbird wrote:
Â*Â*Â* perhaps that is why they call it May?Â*

I am not suppose to plant till the second week in June
(zone 6b).

:-(

But I'VE GOTÂ*Â*Â* WWWWW EEEEEEEEE DDDDDD SSSS !!!!Â* Hay,
your maters may be thee foot tall, but my weeds are a
foot tall and I got millions of them!

Okay, not much of a comparison.

Look over at my patch for growing tomatoes and
it is a forest of cheat grass.Â* My poor back!




Â* Are you mulching ? I put a heavy layer of straw down between the
rows/plants , helps a lot with weed control - plus as it decomposes it
adds organic material to my soil .

No I haven't been mulching. I haven't the time or resources.

Another measure I take is to burn any
grass , in hopes that it will kill the seeds .

Fire? You do know I am a married man? When she is done
killing me, she will come for you! (ordinarily, she is
the sweetest thing on this earth, but don't burn anything
around her!)

On another topic , was
it you that had problems with squash bugs ? Found a few out on/near my
acorn and other squash plants , and squashed them ...pun intended . I'm
wondering if just removing the eggs from the leaves is enough , or if I
need to take additional steps to prevent a major infestation .

The little buzzards are hard to squish, so you really have the stomp
hard. And they are stink bugs, so don't squash them with your hands
or gloves. Pew pew pew.

They will lay their eggs under squash leaves. Look under the leaves to
find them. When you get good at it, you will notice a stain on the
top of your leaves. I just mash/squash them with my fingers (eggs
don't smell).

The same stain can also signal a group of immature bugs.
They are social and clump together, so you have about three
seconds to spray them with organic pyrethrum. You can kill
about 20 with one squirt.

I spot water with a watering wand. Squash bugs LOVE the trunks
of squash plants during the day and despise getting wet. So I
water the trunk first and wait and see what wonders up. Then
I spray them with organic pyrethrum. The adults are armor plated,
so you have to spray then right on the nose. Some will go under they
vulnerable underbellies, and that will kill them. Their backs
are impervious. They are also pretty slow to react during the
heat of the day.

I love to catch the making wooppie. Their butts are together and don't
comes apart. They fight each other as to which way to run. Easy to
nail two at once.

They also love the underside of your squash fruit during the day as
it is cooler under there. I shake them off and stomp them.

Death to squash bugs!
Death to earwigs!
Death to weeds!