Re: Need help with squash bugs
- Subject: Re: Need help with squash bugs
- From: d*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:42:33 -0500 (EST)
Betty,
No I haven't used DE.
Dave.
-----Original Message-----
From: betty shannon <bettyshannon2@yahoo.com>
To: pumpkins <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 8:36 pm
Subject: Re: Need help with squash bugs
David perhaps you can share this with the group after checking it out
ourself. I am from Arizona and we have some awful bugs and pests that you do
ot have in the north or northeast or northwest for that matter.
ave you
ver used diatomaceous earth (DE for short) in your gardens?? I have
sed it
nd it will even kill scorpions. It is nicknamed cutter as the bugs
rack it
n to the nest or injest it and it simply dehydrates the bug and 'cuts'
t
nto microscopic pieces. There is no insecticide that can kill a scorpion
nless you can drench it and then sometimes that does not work as they can
old
heir breath for up to 2 weeks! You can check all this online to be
rue. I
ave used DE for roach, ant, spider, tick, flea and all other bug
ontrol you
ould imagine. It is a very fine white powder.
t has
arious uses including pool filters and even larvicides in animals. It
ill
ot hurt a human either if injested. Totally natural and actually I found
t
dded to the earth. I used it here in Maine against an infestation of fleas
hat the dogs brought in from the woods. We put it on the carpet and vacuumed
t up 3 days later. I have cats and birds and livestock and have found it
ompletely safe. You sprinkle it around and the bugs fly and lite on it or
rawl through it. You could put it on the plants and it will not harm them.
t
inses off with water. I get it in large bags at the local feed stores.
ery
nexpensive and totally safe. You can still be considered organic with
t too I
elieve.
Just my two cents worth.
Envelope for pumpkin seeds is
n the mail. I emailed you last week.
Betty Shannon
Forget Political
orrectness!!! Be who you say you are... and say what you feel
.. because
hose that matter, don't mind ... and those that mind, don't matter!
02-432-1861
ww.bettysfinishingtouches.com
ettyshannon2@yahoo.com
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rom: "dbhaskaran@aol.com"
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o: pumpkins@hort.net
ent: Tue, December 7, 2010 8:12:15
M
ubject: Re: Need help with squash bugs
I agree with John..I have used
riazicide for years...but last year I used a
ystemic which was better.
idn't see many of the cuke beetles, aphids, or squash bugs untill later in
he season.
ayer Shrub and Tree! You can also get one for veggies...but not
ure I'd do
hat one...maybe potatos.
maclorida(sp) is the chemical at
.47%...the veggie one is much less.
rench this on your stump and bugs are
one for at least a month regardless
f rain!
was applying every 2 weeks.
avid Bhaskaran
ochester, MN.
----Original Message-----
rom:
andusky Valley <buckeye5@bright.net>
o: pumpkins <pumpkins@hort.net>
ent:
ue, Dec 7, 2010 6:18 pm
ubject: Re: Need help with squash bugs
riazicide.
ka Gamma-Cyhalothrin .very effective in my experience.
ncentrate on stem
ases and vines. I mean drench them. I go light on the
aves since I have
een it burn them when over 95F. I also use sevin more
avily on leaves. It
ipes out cuc bugs, but doesn't touch squash bugs. I
e separate sprayers too.
f you can control them well to july 15th, I have
und you are usually home
ree.
stopped growing ag's 10 years ago..squash bugs killed all my plants
very
ar. I ahd thought it was fusarium wilt, but by accident I found it was
llow vine disease spread by early season squash bugs. 2 years ago someone
ve
e some pot bound AGs and I ste them out in my old AG plots just for
e heck
f it. It was june 25th, very late, but they all grew and NO WILTED
NES!
ven got a 300 pounder!, So then the next year I thought I was good
go and
lanted May first and most of them died....after some reasearch I
me across
ellow vine disease. the symptom matched and it seems that they
e transmitted
arly in the season by squash bugs..so this year I planted
ne 1st...with
riacide spray and sevin. None died and I got a 400 pounder!
o my plan for
010 is to get back in the competitive ag world. start
doors late april and
ransplant in early may into small greenhouses and
en a small screenhouse.
pray diligently, tracide and sevin. It seems if
u get the first squash bugs
hat have the disease, they don't lay eggs and
us you can break the cycle. I
m also going to have some trap plants..they
ll be drenched with spray and
nprotected by screen ...they will attract
l the bugs and they will be killed
y the spray...the trap plants will be
rooted and burnt. with any luck I will
e back!
ohn
---- Original Message -----
om: "Brian Taylor"
brian8t@gmail.com>
: <pumpkins@hort.net>
nt: Tuesday, December 07, 2010
:56 PM
bject: Need help with squash bugs
Thought I'd throw out a subject
hat we might talk about in the off
eason.
quash bugs. They are my
emesis. Made me pull all my plants this past
ear in total disgust and
rustration. I used all those chemicals from
owe's & Home Depot. these bugs
augh at them. They drink ortho max like
ts water. I'm wondering if any one
nows of the "good stuff". Chemicals
hat you need a license to get. I
eally need to annihilate them. I'm in
he Mid-South, just outside Memphis
N. Maybe I should fence in the
arden
nd let 4 or 5 chickens loose in
here! Do they eat them?
Thanks so much,
rian T.
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