Re: squash bug defense
So Mickey how's Minnie
Wild S$%#, ONLY HAPPENS TOO YOU. Wow, Jon's crying says I'm kicking ass,
got me scared, I know what that mean, 30 days he blow's by me.
Pollinated a couple on the 549( 825 X 935 M), my best plant, lots of
fruit over the next week. Maybe pollinated with the Stelts tomorrow?
Light though. 991 is very strong looks like pumpkin at 15 ft next week,
Jon's not so good, may pull it for he thinks disease or something, still
got one left. 620, 449, and 815 had root damage but hitting the 20-20-20
hard and has paid off the 815 however has spit about 10ft on main
horizontally down the vine. Healed, buried and still growing we'll see.
801 cotyledon broke off, very slow but has recovered and is in between
the three slow plants and the 991 549. Monster leaves and huge vine.,
really like it no pumpkins for about 10 days. Leland has 7 plants,
fairly good though the heat has hurt him a bit. He will have misters
tomorrow installed. 875 will be ok pollinator, I gave it to him. Two
991 one of which is like mine. Steven ( his son) was on rabbit patrol
and kills a 31" rattler by it . 627 Spivia also good, 741 Geerts doing
good my seed stock, along with the Wilson861 which is awesome to say the
least. Last is the booney 744, which seems at 80's to wilt every fricken
day. Go figure, still a great looking plant. Hope you can pull a good
one off. Think the season might be short for the Amaryllis ( naked
ladies as well as other flowers are a full 3 weeks early. Never seen
things change so fast so early scary.
Ken
PS what up with the Napa group?? Hear stucky is having problems. Know
Pete will be there. Maybe an open field with a lot of dark house.
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:13:37 -0400 Hughes-Banderob
<hughes.banderob@sympatico.ca> writes:
>My main problem this year has been cucumber beetles. But for every
>20
>or so cuc beetles I spot, I also find one squash bug.
>
>When I sprayed with Sevin, I saw a huge decline in cuc beetles
>(actually
>none were spotted for a week... alive anyway). Squash bugs returned
>after a few days but in a much diminished number.
>
>Two days after I applied Sevin, we recieved about an inch of rain.
>This
>did not change the amount of beetles (or the lack there of) on my
>plants. However, I would not conclude that Sevin is rain-proof. My
>theory is that the initial application of Sevin really put a dint in
>the
>bug/beetle population.
>
>In summary, I think rain washes Sevin away but I would only retreat
>if
>the bugs bounce back. I hate using insectides unless they are
>needed.
>
>Trivia: What is the difference between a bug and a beetle?
>
>Answer: When at rest, a beetle's wings line up down the center of
>the
>insect's back while a bug's wings cross and overlap. So Laybugs are
>actually Ladybeetles. Yeah, yeah, I know, there are lots of other
>differences, don't bother filling my email box with corrections.
>
>rb
>
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