Re: SBV Control
- Subject: Re: SBV Control
- From: e* r* <e*@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:50:51 -0700 (PDT)
Hello all you other pumpkin lovers. Has anyone ever considered guinea hens in
the pumpkin patch? I hear they eat all kinds of bugs including japanese
beetles. Just wondering. A much better alternative then pesticides.
Evelyn
----- Original Message ----
From: Steve Minor <minok@surfglobal.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:54:04 PM
Subject: Re:
SBV Control
Thank you, SJ. Great link.
----- Original Message -----
From:
"Stephen Jepsen" <ctpumpkin@optonline.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent:
Friday, August 29, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: SBV Control
> Squash Bugs
(Anasa tristis) are a pain. Here's a link worth exploring:
>
>
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2141.html
>
> Here in CT I've seen
Squash Bugs earlier in the season than either
> Cucumber
> Beetles or Squash
Vine Borers. As such they often evade detection with
> grim
> results. SB's
can vector bacterial wilt & Mosaic so control is critical in
> some places.
>
> They're also called Stink Bugs for good reason.
>
> Stephen Jepsen
> GPC
Committee Member
>
> Grow 'Em BIG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of
>
NormanMeier@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:13 AM
> To:
pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: SBV Control
>
> what can i do to keep the
pumpkin from rotting thanks
> normanmeier@aol.com
>
>
> In a message dated
8/27/2008 6:26:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> GBPUMPKIN@aol.com writes:
>
>
Yes I have plenty of them also, I vacuum them up this time of year when
>
they
> congregate to sun themselves in late afternoon. There is a trap to
>
catch
> the adults before they lay eggs but I have not tried it yet.
>
>
George
>
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2008 10:52:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight
Time,
> jdale@wpcc.edu writes:
>
> 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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