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Old 12-06-2018, 05:46 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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On 6/11/2018 8:46 PM, Pavel314 wrote:
On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 1:42:23 PM UTC-4, T wrote:
On 06/10/2018 06:37 PM, Pavel314 wrote:
I finally got the pumpkin patch tilled and seeded 15 hills with 10 varieties of pumpkins and winter squash.

Do you have issues with Squash bugs in your pumpkin patch?

Not a major problem. Every few years something starts eating the plants so I give them a light spray of insecticide. We try not to spray unless absolutely necessary to save the crop.


Â* I have bee hives less than 30 feet away ... kinda limits my choices .
No insecticides while the plants are blooming . And they are , mostly
male flowers right now but I can see some females forming .

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