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Re: zucchini & squash bugs

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Sarah wrote:

>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?

I've used a homemade hot pepper and garlic spray for squash bugs, and it's
worked rather well.   But I've never had a *really* heavy infestation, of
squash bugs to begin with.

My biggest problem with zucchini is the squash vine borer. I plan to try
the suggestions that have been mentioned here, and see what happens. I'll
also do as Mel Bartholomew suggests in his book, and just start more plants
about a month or so after the first batch, just in case. It's quite
upsetting when the squash vine borer zaps my plants, and it feels almost
shameful somehow to have to buy my zucchini at the grocery store!

Judi

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Judi Hammett
Baltimore, Maryland USA
judi@abs.net
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