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Squash Vine Borer
Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to
these borers I had no idea about these creatures until yesterday when I saw my two vines dead. I looked it up on the web and got some information about them. http://ipcm.wisc.edu/news/update/inc...c_sqvinebr.htm Has anyone had this problem? And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? With the loss of two vines, the death toll in my garden has gone up to 9plants(2 vines, 2tomoates, 2eggplants, 3 pepper). I am still not giving up ;-) |
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Squash Vine Borer
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Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to these borers BB, Don't give up on the pumpkins or squash. Now is a good time to sow seeds for a fall harvest. Just remember that they need consistent watering through the summer months. Here's a link for squash vine borer control: http://tomclothier.hort.net/page30.html Hope this helps, Bill I had no idea about these creatures until yesterday when I saw my two vines dead. I looked it up on the web and got some information about them. http://ipcm.wisc.edu/news/update/inc...c_sqvinebr.htm Has anyone had this problem? And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? With the loss of two vines, the death toll in my garden has gone up to 9plants(2 vines, 2tomoates, 2eggplants, 3 pepper). I am still not giving up ;-) |
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Squash Vine Borer
BB wrote in message ...
Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to these borers BB, Don't give up on the pumpkins or squash. Now is a good time to sow seeds for a fall harvest. Just remember that they need consistent watering through the summer months. Here's a link for squash vine borer control: http://tomclothier.hort.net/page30.html Hope this helps, Bill I had no idea about these creatures until yesterday when I saw my two vines dead. I looked it up on the web and got some information about them. http://ipcm.wisc.edu/news/update/inc...c_sqvinebr.htm Has anyone had this problem? And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? With the loss of two vines, the death toll in my garden has gone up to 9plants(2 vines, 2tomoates, 2eggplants, 3 pepper). I am still not giving up ;-) |
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Squash Vine Borer
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Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to these borers .... Has anyone had this problem? YES! And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? It does, but BT is the organic control that I prefer. It's a bacteria that kills some caterpillars. Works on cabbage whites too. I spray the base of the squash plants. If a bug actually makes it inside the stem and the plant starts to wilt, I inject some BT into the stems. Sometimes the plants recover - if I get to the bugs early enough. You can get it at many feed/garden stores. Got mine at Ace Hardware in Oxford. http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/bi.../bacteria.html says that it's hard to control the borers with BT, but if you inject it into the stem (assuming you can figure out where the borers are) it seems to work. http://www.biconet.com/solutionsqs.html#Squash vine borer recommends nematodes. Never tried them. Good luck! |
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Squash Vine Borer
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basically a moth comes and lays its eggs at the base of the plant, the eggs hatch and a little worm enters in and eats it way up the plant from the inside. You can open the plant carefully and kill the worm. the most effective is to have a row cover to keep the moths off then you move to the various insecticides to kill the worm (sevin, bt etc) NEXT year every foot or so of plant cover it with soil, not much just an inch or so, the plant will send down new roots, then if the borer hits the plant will have new roots to live off of, that is what the local farmers here do. tomatolord "BB" wrote in message ... Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to these borers I had no idea about these creatures until yesterday when I saw my two vines dead. I looked it up on the web and got some information about them. http://ipcm.wisc.edu/news/update/inc...c_sqvinebr.htm Has anyone had this problem? And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? With the loss of two vines, the death toll in my garden has gone up to 9plants(2 vines, 2tomoates, 2eggplants, 3 pepper). I am still not giving up ;-) |
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Squash Vine Borer
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basically a moth comes and lays its eggs at the base of the plant, the eggs hatch and a little worm enters in and eats it way up the plant from the inside. You can open the plant carefully and kill the worm. the most effective is to have a row cover to keep the moths off then you move to the various insecticides to kill the worm (sevin, bt etc) NEXT year every foot or so of plant cover it with soil, not much just an inch or so, the plant will send down new roots, then if the borer hits the plant will have new roots to live off of, that is what the local farmers here do. tomatolord "BB" wrote in message ... Two of my vines(one a squash, and one pumpkin) have been sacrificed to these borers I had no idea about these creatures until yesterday when I saw my two vines dead. I looked it up on the web and got some information about them. http://ipcm.wisc.edu/news/update/inc...c_sqvinebr.htm Has anyone had this problem? And how do you prevent it? The wesbites say to spray insecticides like Sevin etc, does that work? With the loss of two vines, the death toll in my garden has gone up to 9plants(2 vines, 2tomoates, 2eggplants, 3 pepper). I am still not giving up ;-) |
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