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Squash vine borers
"phorbin" wrote in message ... In article , says... How do you stop them from killing the vines? I tried to cover the vines with soil but that didn't work. I tried Sevin dust. That didn't work either. What are you doing that works? We are growing squash, water mellons and cantalopes. Are you talking about them being already in the vines and boring? If possible I'd like to keep them out of the vines. The seedlings just came up the other day. If they're already in the vines, slit the vine near the point of entry, remove the borers and then immediately cover the slit with earth. The vine should put down roots at that point. Oh I heard about this, but they never rooted. They'd wilt and die. Finding where the borer is in the vine is not so easy even when the hole is found. We've done it for squash. It worked. We moved to butternut squash because it keeps (just ate the last of the harvest) and it's resistant to borer. We don't do melons. *Be aware that Sevin is particularly toxic to bees.* Yes, that has us concerned. Will check sites below. Thanks. http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/squash_pest.html http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef314.asp http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/squash-vine-borer.html http://www.backyardgardener.com/wcgp...ash_borer.html Google is your friend. |
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Squash vine borers
"phorbin" wrote in message ... In article , says... "phorbin" wrote in message ... In article , says... How do you stop them from killing the vines? I tried to cover the vines with soil but that didn't work. I tried Sevin dust. That didn't work either. What are you doing that works? We are growing squash, water mellons and cantalopes. Are you talking about them being already in the vines and boring? If possible I'd like to keep them out of the vines. The seedlings just came up the other day. Ah, OK. You could be somewhere, where your squash is already in the ground and well along. The newsgroup is worldwide and your posts appear to be coming through datemas.de which makes it look like you're in Germany. I only know our area, and of that I only know our garden well and it changes according to the weather and climate. If they're already in the vines, slit the vine near the point of entry, remove the borers and then immediately cover the slit with earth. The vine should put down roots at that point. Oh I heard about this, but they never rooted. They'd wilt and die. Finding where the borer is in the vine is not so easy even when the hole is found. Could it be that the vines were infected? I am in the mid south USA. The vines in past years don't appear infected with yellows. The borers destroy the inner part, the leaves wilt and the plant dies. Even if borer is found the plant never recovers and fades away. I'm pretty sure my wife watered at the covered, damage point but I'd have to ask her, and she's not here right now. I'd wonder if encouraging rooting at different points along the length of a vine would be helpful. Zucchini and yellow crooknecks don't really have vines. They're more bush shaped. (Anyone care to comment?) We had one that was virtually destroyed at the original root butproduced well through the season from roots along its length. That must be a more vinelike plant the crookneck and zucchini. These do not root at the leaf nodes. At least they never did for us. Google is your friend. What I like about Google is that it throws up information for farmers as well as gardeners... We have something between 80 and 120 books on gardening but they don't deal with the issues in quite the same way. I was hoping to run across someone that tried something that actually worked for them. |
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Squash vine borers
"Katey Didd" wrote in
: Zucchini and yellow crooknecks don't really have vines. They're more bush shaped. oh! you're planting bush squash... that's different, then. yes, it's *much* harder to find & control borers & they're much more likely to destroy the entire plant. that's why i don't grow bush type squash. both zuchinni & yellow crookneck should be available as vining type, but you may need to look for heirloom seeds. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Squash vine borers
"enigma" wrote in message . .. "Katey Didd" wrote in : Zucchini and yellow crooknecks don't really have vines. They're more bush shaped. oh! you're planting bush squash... that's different, then. yes, it's *much* harder to find & control borers & they're much more likely to destroy the entire plant. that's why i don't grow bush type squash. both zuchinni & yellow crookneck should be available as vining type, but you may need to look for heirloom seeds. Thanks. We may look into it for next year. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Squash vine borers
Katey Didd wrote:
"enigma" wrote in message . .. "Katey Didd" wrote in : Zucchini and yellow crooknecks don't really have vines. They're more bush shaped. oh! you're planting bush squash... that's different, then. yes, it's *much* harder to find & control borers & they're much more likely to destroy the entire plant. that's why i don't grow bush type squash. both zuchinni & yellow crookneck should be available as vining type, but you may need to look for heirloom seeds. Thanks. We may look into it for next year. http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/...sh_summer.html |
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