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Re: Zucchini

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More than 10 years ago, there was an article in Organic Gardening about
outwitting destructive bugs such as squash borers.  Their remedy was to
plant summer squash (including zucchini) two weeks before the normal date
(and hope that the weather cooperated) and to plant a second crop three
weeks after the normal planting date.  The theory was that squash borers run
in cycles, and by planting outside the normal time frame, a crop was spared
most of the damage by borers at their prime.  The first crop encountered
only juveniles, and the second crop had to cope with mature, egg-laying and
dying borers.  It works!  That is how I've always planted my squash and
melons.  And I never have borer or beetle (another pest that decimates
squash) problems.
Doreen Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Betz, Richard <rbetz@randomhouse.com>
To: 'sqft@listbot.com' <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 11:08 AM
Subject: Zucchini


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>Hi,
>
>Last year I planted my zucchini and they were growing great until one day
>when I noticed that they looked like they were wilting. I thought that it
>was just a lack of water but after some investigation and help from you
good
>people I found that they were infested with vine borers. These things were
>disgusting, fat, white-ish grubs that were throughout the entire stems of
>all my plants. Unfortunately I only had 3 plants in the ground and I had to
>pull them all out to get rid of the borers. This year I would like to try
>zucchini again and I'm looking for any suggestions that you might have as
to
>how to avoid this problem. I think I've read somewhere that if you bury the
>stem as it grows this will solve the problem. Does anyone know if this is
>true or any other tricks I can use. The wife was very upset that we had to
>buy our zucchini from the store last year, it just never seems to be as
>tasty as home grown. Thanks for any help.
>
>
>Rich(zone 6, Brooklyn,NY)
>
>
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