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foiling the squash vine borer
On Thu, 29 May 2003 18:13:32 GMT, Lar wrote:
In article , says... 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. The borers wiped out all my zucchini plants two years ago, so I planted none last year and I'm giving it another try this year. There are "good" years and "bad" years. |
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