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RE: zucchini & squash bugs

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Well, I just lost my first squash to Borers. I got one Zuke off the plant
Friday and on Saturday it was dead. Almost dead. There are some off shoots
on the bottom that I think I may have saved. I keep forgetting (even though
I complain about it almost daily) that the insect season starts early and
stays late in Florida.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judi Hammett [j*@abs.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 1999 10:00 AM
> To: sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: Re: zucchini & squash bugs
>
>
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> 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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