Re: the plague!!!

Sevin works great on cuke beetles and has been around for years and years and is pretty safe to use.
Triazicide is the best one to use right now for the Squash Vine Borer (SVB) Moth.
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN


-----Original Message-----
From: J. Carroll <carrolls@sonet.net>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 9:15 am
Subject: Re: the plague!!!


Thank You?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bart Toftness" <toftness@mindspring.com>?
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>?
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:58 AM?
Subject: Re: the plague!!!?
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> it is a 'barrier' made from garlic extracts....try a google search for it?
>?
> J. Carroll wrote:?
>> What is garlic barrier??
>>?
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bart Toftness" >> <toftness@mindspring.com>?
>> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>?
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:35 AM?
>> Subject: Re: the plague!!!?
>>?
>>?
>>> if you insist on organic controls then try garlic barrier. if you can >>> repel them fine but dead is best.?
>>>?
>>> bart?
>>>?
>>> megan reiss wrote:?
>>>> this year, i was really planning to have a pumpkin that was at least a >>>> few hundred pounds (2 or 300), large enough to take to the local Fair >>>> at the end of the summer. i got awesome seed stock from kind people >>>> around the country.?
>>>>?
>>>> i prepped the soil well.?
>>>>?
>>>> i started the seeds indoors and coddled them with seaweed fertilizer >>>> and so on. introduced them slowly to the outdoors.?
>>>>?
>>>> what do you think happened??
>>>>?
>>>> freaking cucumber beetles. never had a problem with them before.?
>>>>?
>>>> noticed them last year for the first time -- they nibbled slightly on >>>> some of the pumpkin skins themselves, but didn't cause any major >>>> damage.?
>>>>?
>>>> this year, they are DEVOURING my pumpkin plants and won't go away!?
>>>>?
>>>> i have been spraying insecticidal soap like a fiend, spraying hot >>>> pepper wax ... it may work for a few hours or maybe a day or two, and >>>> then the beetles are back.?
>>>>?
>>>> the other day, they were just swarming all over my prize pumpkin, at >>>> least a dozen of them, and they kept coming right back no matter how >>>> much i sprayed. finally i went inside and made up a concoction of >>>> straight red pepper flakes and atomic hot sauce with a little water, >>>> and doused the entire plant in it, since i feared it was a lost cause >>>> anyway.?
>>>>?
>>>> i didn't notice beetles for a day or two, but i'm sure they'll be back >>>> again.?
>>>>?
>>>> miserable bugs. it figures.?
>>>>?
>>>> i feel like i will end up with NO pumpkins this year, at this rate.?
>>>>?
>>>> no wonder why people spray poison all over everything.?
>>>>?
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