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Squash vine borers
"Omelet" wrote in message news In article , "Katey Didd" wrote: "Omelet" wrote in message news In article , "Katey Didd" wrote: 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. I personally gave up on trying. :-( I'm considering trying them as a fall crop. Some people report good success by spraying the bases with BT on a regular basis. Others have tried sevin spray instead of sevin dust. If we can't find something to work we too will give up on these crops. With prices so high in the stores and loving these veggies I thought I'd try one more time growing them. If the list gives us alternatives, we'll both be happy. :-) I just read one post that said butternut is resistant. We love that stuff but it's a winter squash. I'd like to be able to grow both. Tatuma really is good. They sell it in the stores here so I may give that a try. Baby pumpkin also eats well as a green squash and I don't recall whether we had problems with borers or not with those. It's been too long since I've grown one. The only ones that were destroyed by borers were our crooknecks and zucchinis. Two of our favorites. Butternuts were not affected. Our squash are all coming up now. Unless watered profusely, pumpkins don't do to well where I live. -- Peace! Om "Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein |
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