Re: My Zucchini is wilting!
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- Subject: Re: My Zucchini is wilting!
- From: B* D* <T*@TheImageMill.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:43:28 -0400
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Betz, Richard wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The outer leaves on my zucchini plant is all wilted meanwhile the
> innermost leaves are still looking healthy, has my plant been attacked
> by a bug of some kind? The plant looks as though it hasn't been watered
> for days even though I just watered it last night. What kind of bug
> could this be? A squash vine borer?
Yes, most likely. If you look on the stem, you might see the little
holes, and you can probably open a stem and see the nasty worm inside.
> Should I pull up this plant and
> reseed the area?
That's what I ended up doing on plants where they had gone too far. You
can cut off the stems with holes and hope you got them all, and try BT
to keep them off. I have tried using Flour per some suggestions but
either I used it wrong or it doesn't work.
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