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Re: zucchini & squash bugs

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I had trouble with both pests last year.  All the suggestions for the 
squash vine borers have been very useful, but I'm still wondering 
what to do about the squash bugs.  I decided not to use rotenone 
because we live on a creek and it is very toxic for fish.  In fact, 
it comes from a plant in South America where people use it to poison 
the water and catch the fish.  I was thinking of trying regular 
pepper spray and see how that works.  Any other suggestions?


>From: Doug & Bonnie Sydow <sydow@northknox.net>
>Reply-To: sydow@northknox.net
>To: sqft@listbot.com
>Subject: zucchini & squash bugs
>Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 20:51:49 +0000
>
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>I've never had trouble with squash vine borers, but I've lost most 
of my
>zucchini harvest  (along with spaghetti squash and pumpkins) to 
squash
>bugs.  These are the ones that look like stink bugs and really smell 
bad
>when squashed too.  Does anyone know how to kill these or control 
them
>or avoid them?  Last year, I used Rotenone on them, but that only 
kills
>the nymphs and the adults got way ahead of me with all the rain we 
had. 
>I know I could use something more potent, but was hoping for a 
different
>approach.  I tried squashing all the eggs I could find, but they were
>just everywhere.  
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>Bonnie
>Zone 6
>
>
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