Re: SBV Control

A squash bug (gray and stinky) is different than a squash vine borer which
looks like a wasp and then in the worm stage bores into the vine.

Jump in tremor......I know you can help explain it.

>>> <GBPUMPKIN@aol.com> 8/26/2008 5:38 PM >>>
I mentioned this before but It looks like I have obtained above 95% control
with Pheromone Traps.  I have not found any damage yet, can't be 100% sure
until Harvest of, Giant Bumpy Turban, Pumpkinheads, Confection Squash, Baby
Boo
Pumpkin, Jack Be Little Pumpkin, Lumina Pumpkin, & Frosty Bush  Pumpkin.
Butternut Squash also but their vines are seldom effected by SVB  but they
will
bore into the fruit itself.  Only Non-Tropical Gourds are  effected by SVB
(Tropical have fuzzy non scalloped leaves, Non Tropical have  Squash type
leaves),
I have both. No signs of damage at this point on Gourds.  There was not any
damage to Summer Squash plants & even though I've just  started picking
Pumpkenheads I have good access to the vines on a trellis  & see no damage. I
had 2
traps & caught aproxamatly 30 - 40  SVB.

George


George  Brooks
32 Ward Street
North Tewksbury, MA 01876 USA
_greenholloworchard.com_ (http://greenholloworchard.com/index.html)




In a message dated 8/26/2008 1:37:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gheyne@millcomm.com writes:

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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