Re: Fruit Flies?
- Subject: Re: Fruit Flies?
- From: W* K*
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:12:29 -0400
How are tose pumpkins growing......
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> From: Males, Joshua <Jmales@ndsisrael.com>
> To: 'Pumpkins mailing list' <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Subject: Fruit Flies?
> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 9:11 AM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I need some help identifying some pest.
> It's nailing both my butternut squash and my pumpkins.
> Whatever it is, it's "stinging" the small fruits, laying eggs inside, and
> then these little worms lay waste to the meat inside.
>
> I was told that it could be fruit flies. Do they like pumpkins? What
> insecticide should I use?
>
> BTW, the butternut squash puts out female flowers long before the male
> flowers start, exactly the opposite of the pumpkins. It was kinda
upsetting
> losing all those females before the males started appearing. Is there any
> way to spur the growth of one gender of flower?
>
> Josh
>
> ---
> Joshua D. Males
> Staff Engineer - NDS Technologies Ltd. Israel
> jmales@ndsisrael.com
>
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