Re: Disappearing Buds
- Subject: Re: Disappearing Buds
- From: F* B* <s*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
Pickle worms will do that exact damage, however; 1) it is a little early in
the year to see them, even here in the deep south and, 2) I'm not aware of
Pickle worms making there way to the Pacific Northwest.
If I'm not mistaken (I personally do not use Triazicide), Triazicide is a
Pyrethroid (Type II I believe) which means it will work on these and many
other "worms". However, as Triazicide is not systemic, if in fact you have
some variety of worm, he was shielded from your spray by being within the bud
itself.
I hope this helps on some level, BF
--- On Tue, 6/30/09, barbfinch1275@yahoo.com <barbfinch1275@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: barbfinch1275@yahoo.com <barbfinch1275@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Disappearing Buds
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:50 PM
> What insect eats the interior of a
> blossom at bud stage? My first baby girl
> has been digested. The pumpkin is still
> there along with the sepals but
> EVERYTHING else has vanished. Entry was made by a
> circular hole about the
> size of a pencil eraser through the sepals. The bud
> itself was six
> inches above ground level. I live in the Pacific
> Northwest. I had sprayed
> triazicide on Saturday and Monday afternoon I discovered
> the damage. Any
> ideas?
>
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