RE: Squash Bug

OK, I'll bite, what is an SVB?

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
George & Carolyn Heyne
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:28 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Squash Bug

Yesterday, I encountered my first squash bugs of this year and they were on 
my Wyatt pumpkins (not AG pumpkins). Sprayed them with Triazicide and that 
was the end of the squash bugs. Sevin should also work in killing the squash

bugs. I also saw a SVB and hit it with with my hat and knocked it to the 
ground so that I could step on it. That was only the second SVB that I have 
seen in my patch this summer. The first one got away, but I found the eggs 
and destroyed them.

George Heyne
Rochester, MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Taylor" <brian8t@gmail.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: Squash Bug


> Last year those darn things wiped me out too.  I got a real late start
> this year.  I usually have about 10 squash/zuccini plants out there.
> This year I only have about 5 and they are on the opposite end of the
> garden.  right after things started coming up I put the dust to 'em.
> I dusted hard for about 4 weeks.  Didn't want to give those critters a
> chance.  I haven't seen any this year.  Now I have pumpkins all over
> the place.  These AG's really make a show.
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Phillip Edwards <pedwards@bright.net> 
> wrote:
>> Finally someone mention squash bug.
>> They wiped me out this year.
>> I tried different things out with only limited  success.
>> For adults the best thing I found was to put them between a rock and a 
>> hard
>> place.
>> I will look for the "triazicide" and try it.
>> But what about next year?  Will they over winter in the ground?
>> I started out with six plants this spring and lost all of them.
>> I pulled them and burnt them.
>> Started a late plant to play with and it is doing OK.
>> As of today I have a softball size pumpkin.
>> Well there is always next year.
>> This is only my second year.
>> Good luck to all of you and grow a BIG ONE.
>>
>> Skip
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> George & Carolyn Heyne
>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:08 PM
>> To: pumpkins@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: family/work vs. pumpkin
>>
>> Brian,
>>
>> Triazicide works for squash bugs, cucumber beetles, and squash vine 
>> borers.
>> Triazicide is what I use. It must contain the active ingredient
>> Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
>>
>> George Heyne
>> Rochester, MN
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian" <brian8t@gmail.com>
>> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:57 AM
>> Subject: RE: family/work vs. pumpkin
>>
>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> How well does Triazicide work on squash bugs?  In NW Mississippi that is
>>> my
>>> biggest problem.  They are evil little critters.  Sevin does a number on
>>> them.  So does my thumb and index finger!  But I don't like using Sevin
>>> for
>>> the same reason you mention below, I don't want to hurt the bees.  In 
>>> fact
>>> next year I'm putting in a hive because I have seen so few bees this 
>>> year.
>>> All my gardening neighbors are tickled more bees will be in the area.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> dec
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:15 AM
>>> To: pumpkins@hort.net
>>> Subject: Re: family/work vs. pumpkin
>>>
>>> Debbie,
>>> Yes, you can put them on together as well as the sevin and garlic.
>>> Triazicide would be a better choice than Sevin though and doesn't kill 
>>> the
>>> bees like Sevin. It is effective against vine borers et al. It is lambda
>>> cyhalothrin and the same active ingredient as Scimitar and Warrior T. It
>>> can
>>>
>>> be purchased at Lowe's, Walmart almost anywhere that insecticides are
>>> sold.
>>> Yes you can spray at night, I usually do before sundown but have after
>>> sundown. As for protecting the pumpkin from dampness throw an old 
>>> bedsheet
>>> or tablecloth over the fruit and old blankets or towels when the temps 
>>> get
>>> below 60.
>>> I don't use shade other than the sheet and leave it on, white keeps it
>>> cool
>>> enough and reflects the sun. On cool days in Sept. etc. I take the sheet
>>> off
>>>
>>> and expose the fruit to the sun to keep it warmer and growing.   Don
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <yorunk@comcast.net>
>>> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: family/work vs. pumpkin
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey Steve.  I just got back from his sports thing and it's too dark to
>>>> spray.
>>>>
>>>> Question for ya'll ... can I mix Monty's Joy Juice with Neptune's 
>>>> Harvest
>>>> and feed the patch all at once or do I have to do it separately?  This
>>>> will be the first time I'm using Monty's.
>>>>
>>>> Also, can I spray a garlic barrier and Sevin together?  I think I saw a
>>>> cuke beetle flying around today.  Is there concern for spraying at 
>>>> night
>>>> since it is so damp?  Thought I read somewhere that it isn't 
>>>> recommended,
>>>> but that is the only time the bees are not active.  How about
>>>> 'protecting'
>>>
>>>> the pumpkin at night with high dampness?
>>>>
>>>> Debbie
>>>>> Debbie,
>>>>>   What time is the nephew's event? If you got there late, would anyone
>>>>> notice?
>>>>>
>>>>> And yes, clip the male flowers and prune the tert vines. Just save it
>>>>> until
>>>>> tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Decisions, decisions.  Good luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: <yorunk@comcast.net>
>>>>> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:05 AM
>>>>> Subject: family/work vs. pumpkin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Ok gang.  At what point do you dismember a family member when they
>>>>> > tell
>>>>> > you the day before that there is a fall sports assembly for a nephew
>>>>> > and
>>>>> > you were planning on spraying for bugs that night?  Given my work
>>>>> > schedule
>>>>> > and the shorter days, I am limited in my time spent in patch.  I am
>>>>> > watering at 5 a.m. today (while it is still dark) and was hoping to
>>>>> > spray
>>>>> > Sevin tonight.  By the time I get home after said sports event, it
>>>>> > will
>>>>> > again be too dark to spray.  That will push me back to Friday night
>>>>> > (since
>>>>> > I work tomorrow night).  At least I can fert. tomorrow morning.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Should I be picking all male flowers?  I have had to cut away some
>>>>> > yellow
>>>>> > leaves by the stumps.  Is that a good idea?  Guess based on the 
>>>>> > posts
>>>>> > I
>>>>> > need to be pruning the tertiary vines.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Debbie
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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