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Re: fall seeding methods

Stacey,

I've never had squash borers but seen lots of posts on the rec.gardens
group. Sometimes people don't respond to a plea for info because we know
it's been covered so many times on the group and we just are too tired (or
lazy, I admit it) to post the same stuff over and over. You might go to
DejaNews and do a search on squash boreres, but from what I remember, the
preferred method is to inject BT (bacillus thuringensis) into the vines
with a hypodermic (use one of the kind that carpenters use for squirting
glue into chair joints, bigger bore and much cheaper, not to mention easier
to obtain) and fill your vine stems with the BT. It targets caterpillars
and is not a poison, so won't affect the organic-ness of your crop.

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia

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> From: STACEY VANDENBURGH <STACEYV@geh.org>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: fall seeding methods
> Date: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 5:45 AM
> 
> Pat-
> As an addendum to Havi's question, what varieties of radishes do you let
bolt
> and produce pods? Will any variety do? We had a bad week of hot humid
weather
> and all of my spinach, arugula and radishes bolted and I would love to
have
> something productive come of it!
> 
> Also, since I didn't really receive any response to my posting of my dead
> squash plant, I asked someone at our local garden store and he suspects
that it
> was squash borers. Rotenone is no longer available in New York State, so
he
> told me to slit the remaining vines with a knife, kill all the borers I
can
> find, and then bury the vine under more soil. It will sprout roots and
continue
> to grow.
> 
> Stacey
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