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Re: Zucchini

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Hi Bill,

SVBs are black and orange clear winged moths that look sort of waspish
flying around, about 1 inch long; Melittia satyriniformis is their Latin
name, and the eggs are brown, flat and oval.

The Rodale book I looked 'em up in says inject a Bt solution about one inch
above the borer hole.

You know, I don't believe I have ever seen one of these in my zukes; winter
squashes yes, but never zukes. (Knock on wood!)

Frank---has seen the SVBs flying around, but runs his winter squashes on the
ground, where multiple rootings gives the plant the vigor to overcome SVB
boredom...:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill DeWitt <thedewitts@earthlink.net>
To: Sqft@Listbot. Com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 4:29 PM
Subject: RE: Zucchini


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>I've heard that this works, but the Squash borer season around here is 11
>months wide...
>
>What I have never found is a picture of what a Squash Borer Moth looks
like.
>I would almost be happy to sit up nights swatting them out of the air.
>
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doreen Howard [d*@fgi.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 4:08 PM
>> To: Betz, Richard; sqft@listbot.com
>> Subject: Re: Zucchini
>>
>>
>> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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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.
>
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