On 27 Jul 2003 17:30:55 GMT, (FarmerDill) wrote:


thanks for reply but I have already used both the methods you mentioned
without any better luck. I put them on ceramic tile plus I have a few
growing on a hog wire fence to which I tie them up with panty hose for
support (no pun intended) and they still get worms.
Any other advice?

--
Sam
Along the Grand Strand of Myrtle Beach SC

Sam: You have encountered the dreaded pickle worm. Here in middle Ga, I can
usually get a cantaloupe crop out of the field before these things arrive from
Florida. They can be controlled between hatch and boring into the melons by
selective use of pesticides but it requires timely applications, Once they
enter the melon, it's about over. Check with your local extension agent or
Clemson University for reccomendations specific to SC


I am in Florida and if you have pickle worms, spraying twice
weekly with BT(Thuricide), paying particular attention to the new
growth buds and watching out for them elsewhere, you might have a
chance. I've planted my second planitng of cucumbers and my first of
butternut squash this year and that is what I'm doing this go around.
The first time, I didn't know what they were. I'm prepared for them
now. Sevin will work also but my cucumber plants (straight 8) didn't
hold up well after I did and sevin is devastating to honey bees.