Re: Dead squash plant

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Ummm... Could it be a disease spread by the insects?


> This morning I checked out my vegetable garden before I went to work and to my
> dismay, I saw that one of my big Blue Hubbard squash plants was all withered.
> When I examined it closer, I saw a white gelatinous slime around the basal stem
> of the plant that had apparently severed the plant from the roots. Does anyone
> have any ideas as what this could be? I have been having problems with squash
> bugs, which I have been diligently squishing, and borers are not unknown to
> this region (Western New York, zone 5/6). Any help or advice would be greatly
> appreciated. I would like to keep the rest of my plants.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Stacey
> 
> 

• Dead squash plant
• From: STACEY VANDENBURGH <STACEYV@geh.org>

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