Re: Squas Vine borers
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- Subject: Re: Squas Vine borers
- From: P* C*
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 01:02:49 -0400
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> Nesa wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any success rescuing plants from these little
> monsters?A friend of mine in Texas is having probs with them as they
> are attcking her Japanese pumpkins(I sent her the seeds and don't want
> her to lose the plants).
>
> Nesa
The standard wisdom is to slit the vines open lengthways with a razor
blade or sharp knife and dig the little *!@*@!s out. This sounds
drastic, but It worked this year for zuchinni.
I've been having troubles with an angular looking 1/2 to 3/4 inch long
bug that lays tiny gold colored eggs on the underside of Squash and
Pumpkin. I've been trying to stay ahead of them by scraping the eggs
off off manually before they hatch and hunting down the adults, who I
usually catch in the act of mating. They're quite prolific. Anyone
know what these little guys are?
-Pat
