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29-05-2003, 07:20 PM
Lar
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foiling the squash vine borer
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Then today there's a new development. I ran into a neighbor today, another
hobbyist gardener but one with lots more experience than I have. He said that
zucchini was a sure thing crop, one that nothing could go wrong with. He said
that whatever my troubles were in the past, they weren't squash vine borers
because zucchini don't vine. Maybe another sort of borer? In which case, would
the foil idea be any good?
They will get zucchini. You can also place strips of
nylon stockings around the stem. Not sure how well this
will work on a zucchini plant, but as the plant grows,
keep more of the stem covered by soil to promote
secondary root growth to help the plant still get
nutrition after the damage has been done.
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Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!
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