Re: Yellow squash (new)

In a message dated 08/12/2000 9:52:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gardensmith@juno.com writes:

<< Look around the base of the stem and see if there are any holes or
 sawdust looking matter around them.
 This seems to be a good year for squashvine borers here in New England.
 Smitty in CT >>
I took a good look and didn't seem to find any evidence of them rascally 
little vine borers. However, I did find something else which got me to 
wonderin'.. As I removed some of the yellowed leaves from both the yeller 
squarsh and zucchini, I noticed quite a bit of water literally pouring out of 
the stems. enough of a puddle on the ground that I would think the stems must 
have been about full! Has anyone else ever encountered or heard of this 
occurance? My new friut production has come to alsmost a standstill, after 
several weeks of such bounty that I supplied dang near the whole neiborhood, 
and I do miss my fresh squarshies sooo... Perhaps this is a natural 
occurance, and the plants have rather "petered out", and mayhap I shoulda 
planted in stages to carry right through to the end of the growing season. 
(BTW it has been so cloudy cool and damp for the past month, I am just now 
getting a little color on one little 'mater, and I have a total of three 
peppers growing on six plants. Geesh!
            Thanks to all who straighten their gardener's legs and back long 
enough to sit and answer!
                    Bill Bean
                    Zone 6 (Although if this were military, I'd probably be   
                    section 8)
                    Rockland, MA
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