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foiling the squash vine borer
Julia Altshuler wrote in message ...
V_coerulea wrote: All squash are susceptible to the borer, vining or not. Foil produces limited results in my experience. The best 100% sure method I've used is vigilence. Inspect your vines every day or 2 for frass, or that sawdust-looking stuff coming from a small hole in the stem. This shouldn't be hard to do since that's how frequently you have to harvest the fruit anyway. With a very sharp knife, slice the vine lengthwise about 1/2 way through from the hole toward the tip. I try to may the cut along the side of the stem so it's not a water trap. Within an inch or so you should come across the culprit which can be removed and disposed of. Usually the vine closes right back up and seals over as if nothing happened especially if caught early and if your cuts aren't too excessively messy. Thanks. Normally I shy away from anything that involves surgery, but I think I could do that. --Lia On second thought, I would really like to try netting this year - specially folks here pooh-pooh the aluminum foil method. Anyone has any idea of where to find something like mosquito netting to drape over the plants? Do you think it will work? |
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