I was just out on a random check of the garden , found one of my zukes in a
very wilted condition ... no frass near the stem , plus I've been watching
for borer eggs . Digging along the root , I found it brown and partly
decomposed just below ground level . I opened the stem to check for pests ,
found a small red/orange something that might have been a bug , not sure .
This plant looked great when I did my early-morning deer-damage inspection .
It looked fine when I sprayed a protein-based deer-repellant on it later
this morning ...
I'm dismayed and VERY concerned as all my squashes/cukes are in this part
of the garden . And my early straight-necks are already producing femsle
flowers ... and my beehive was delivered earlier this week . I have two
options if this is a pest , DE and DiPel . I will not use pesticides or
herbicides , especially now with bees on the property .
My first thought was "Oh no , I've got moles/voles !" but unfortunately it
ain't that easy .
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Snag

In article , says...
I was just out on a random check of the garden , found one of my zukes in a
very wilted condition ... no frass near the stem , plus I've been watching
for borer eggs . Digging along the root , I found it brown and partly
decomposed just below ground level . I opened the stem to check for pests ,
found a small red/orange something that might have been a bug , not sure .
This plant looked great when I did my early-morning deer-damage inspection .
It looked fine when I sprayed a protein-based deer-repellant on it later
this morning ...
I'm dismayed and VERY concerned as all my squashes/cukes are in this part
of the garden . And my early straight-necks are already producing femsle
flowers ... and my beehive was delivered earlier this week . I have two
options if this is a pest , DE and DiPel . I will not use pesticides or
herbicides , especially now with bees on the property .
My first thought was "Oh no , I've got moles/voles !" but unfortunately it
ain't that easy .

http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/...h-vine-borers/

phorbin wrote:
In article , says...
I was just out on a random check of the garden , found one of my
zukes in a very wilted condition ... no frass near the stem , plus
I've been watching for borer eggs . Digging along the root , I found
it brown and partly decomposed just below ground level . I opened
the stem to check for pests , found a small red/orange something
that might have been a bug , not sure . This plant looked great when
I did my early-morning deer-damage inspection . It looked fine when
I sprayed a protein-based deer-repellant on it later this morning ...
I'm dismayed and VERY concerned as all my squashes/cukes are in
this part of the garden . And my early straight-necks are already
producing femsle flowers ... and my beehive was delivered earlier
this week . I have two options if this is a pest , DE and DiPel . I
will not use pesticides or herbicides , especially now with bees on
the property . My first thought was "Oh no , I've got moles/voles
!" but unfortunately it ain't that easy .

http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/...h-vine-borers/

This is NOT damage caused by borers , I've had and dealt with them before .
Plus , as I said above , I've been watching for eggs . I just checked ,
that plant went into a bottle of water and it has recovered somewhat - it's
putting out new roots from above the damaged area .

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Snag