Re: Vine Bore
I had some damage on my plant as well. They are like my kids. Anyhow, once
they are there, there is not much to do. Go through the patch with a fine
tooth comb...any holes/brown mush you see, investigate (in leaf stems where
mush is, I always find a grub) , look for eggs, and remove. Spray some
pesticides (bad for the ground, but with the hours we put in, worth it) and
then hope for the best. If you bury all nodes, a problem in the main vine
arean could still lead to a stumpless wonder.
Good luck
Jordan Rivington
On 8/6/06, Chriss <chriss@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Help! I have what I think to be vine bore, I didn't want to look to see
> the
> actual bug. I walked out to the patch today and saw that my spaghetti
> squash plant had been hit by moles and then upon closer inspection saw
> that
> the stems and leafs were mushy and wilting. Then I noticed it was on my
> giant. Some of the side vines and leafs on the giant were really bad. I
> culled what I could, but started to cry....I'm such a girl and love my
> pumpkin so much!! I don't want anything to happen to it. We sprayed
> sevin.
> But we have a lot of damage. The pumpkin is still growing. Did we do the
> right thing?
> ~Chriss
> Delaware, Ohio
>
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