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Re: Squash Help

Ed:

You wrote "Check with your extension service re the borer's dates in your
area."

What is the extension service that you're speaking of?

Bart in Bartlett, TN
(suburb of Memphis)
Zone 7
***1st year square footer!!***

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> From: EDMUND C. FLYNN <ecflynn@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Bart Walls <bmwalls@memphisonline.com>
> Cc: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
> Subject: Re: Squash Help
> Date: Friday, July 03, 1998 11:51 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Bart Walls wrote:
> 
> > All of the squash that I planted a month and a half or so ago have been
> > effectively whacked by the squash vine borer.  So as suggested in Mel's
> > book, I have planted another round.  I want some fresh homegrown squash
so
> > bad I can already taste it *smile* so I am willing to just about
anything
> > (organic or inorganic) to make sure the borers don't feast on me again.
> > However, I'm not much up on performing surgery on my plants like Mel
> > suggests.  I'd rather spray with something to prevent them if I can. 
Any
> > suggestions?
> 
> In my Maryland zone 7 the squash vine borer stops laying eggs just about
now
> (July 4) in a typical year.
>             I also understand that the stems of plants have to be fairly
large
> before the borer finds them attractive sites for egg laying.
>             I find that I can set out my seedlings two weeks or so before
July
> 4th and be OK.
> If I want squash even sooner, I set them out under floating row covers
and
> only remove the covers when the blossoms are ready for pollination.
>             Check with your extension service re the borer's dates in
your
> area and plant accordingly, and there will be no need to spray.
>             Good luck
>                         Ed Flynn   Maryland    zone 6/7
> 
> 
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