Re: Need help with squash bugs
- Subject: Re: Need help with squash bugs
- From: C* W* <c*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:44:47 -0800 (PST)
>> Maybe I should fence in the garden and let 4 or 5 chickens loose in there!
Yes! This really does work. They eat the larve. So you don't need to let the
chickens in there all the time during the growing season. But let them forage at
any other time.
If you're still needing help, the good stuff is Triazicide. This is the good
stuff, at a concentration where you don't need a license. Don't go hog wild, a
few spot treatments at the right time (as soon as you see them) will do the
trick.
Then again, I don't live in the south, so your mileage may vary.
Good luck!
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From: Brian Taylor <brian8t@gmail.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 3:56:33 PM
Subject: Need help with squash bugs
Thought I'd throw out a subject that we might talk about in the off season.
Squash bugs. They are my nemesis. Made me pull all my plants this past
year in total disgust and frustration. I used all those chemicals from
Lowe's & Home Depot. these bugs laugh at them. They drink ortho max like
its water. I'm wondering if any one knows of the "good stuff". Chemicals
that you need a license to get. I really need to annihilate them. I'm in
the Mid-South, just outside Memphis TN. Maybe I should fence in the garden
and let 4 or 5 chickens loose in there! Do they eat them?
Thanks so much,
Brian T.
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