RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #59
- Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #59
- From: &* H* <s*@insmgt.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:26:48 -0400
I would not suggest using triazicide on pumpkins that are going to be eaten.
You mentioned sugar babies and wanted to let you know that the maker of
triazicide does not recommend its use for edible squash and pumpkins. Just
care about you people.
Steve Haberman
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Diana Sigel
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 7:37 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #59
On this day I have dusted my remaining eight vines with Sevin, sprayed them
well with malathion, and sprayed them with Triazicide. Not to mention the
Imidacloprid. Every bug for 20 miles is dead except for the squash bugs.
The squash bugs are dancing, singing, rolling in the stuff. They are having
some sort of orgy on my vines, chewing and doing other unmentionable things
that result in more eggs and more damn squash bugs. Of the two new plants I
set out a couple of weeks ago, my husband cultivated one out, and this
morning the squash bugs had appeared and killed the other one. Tonight I
will put out boards, then go to the garden in the morning with a bucket of
soapy water to try to drown some more of them that may collect under the
boards. I collected about a cupful or more of bugs off one plant this
morning. I'm so discouraged. I don't even have one pumpkin growing yet.
The hailstorm three weeks ago set everything back, all the female flowers
that were starting then disappeared, and they're just starting to appear
again. This just may not be the year that I set a Kansas record after all.
If anyone can give me some advice on the eradication or at least slow down
of the squash bugs, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
cheers,
duchess of gladstone
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