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squash vine borer management
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 9:31 PM PST
My pumpkins didn't make it this year  . I found these sites very useful... just wanted to share the info with you.http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticul ture/M1209.html http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg251.html Victoria Attachments:   |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 9:32 PM PST
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticul ture/M1209.html http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg251.html |
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Posted: Aug/08/2008 2:00 PM PST
Sorry about your pumpkins
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Posted: Aug/21/2008 2:18 PM PST
I had the same problem with squash, I was told that shells help, they are suppose to cut the worms when they crawl across them. I'm going to give it a try with my butter nut squash. Does anyone know of anything else that will work? |
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 2:51 PM PST
I haven't checked the links yet, but years ago I read about 2 helpful companion plants... Plant white icicle radishes in each hill. Let them go to seed. Now, I've got them growing wild in my squash garden(see pics). I just weed out the extras. I've never even seen a squash bug/borer in my garden.(I probably shouldn't have said that!) I think the radish emits something into the soil, that repels the larvae. Nasturtium is another plant I put in my hills. Borage is another that is supposed to help squash, and once you plant it, it will grow like a weed in successive years. If you look closely, you can see the little white radish flowers in each hill Attachments:  |
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 5:51 PM PST
Good ol' nasturtiums. The pest-attractant, sacrificial plant used to control Japanese Beetles, aphids, and squash-borers. Why is it my nasturtiums never fell victim to any of those pests LOL! Instead they croaked for no reason whatsoever 
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Posted: Sep/04/2008 5:19 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by Aurora Good ol' nasturtiums. The pest-attractant, sacrificial plant used to control Japanese Beetles, aphids, and squash-borers.Why is it my nasturtiums never fell victim to any of those pests LOL! Instead they croaked for no reason whatsoever I've never seen any pests on mine either... They do get huge, though. In flower baskets, they say you shouldn't feed them, because they make more foliage, and less flowers. In my garden, they get fed, and get gigantic...with plenty of flowers. I had my early nasturtiums die in my hanging baskets. I re-seeded mid summer before the first ones got sickly, so the baskets keep up. I eventually had the old ones literally turn pale, and die. I do know that nasturtium roots are not very tough. They don't recommend transplanting them, so maybe they die because of some root issues? |
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Posted: Sep/04/2008 5:52 AM PST
I'm going to grow them in baskets next year, instead of my gardens 
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Posted: Sep/04/2008 11:07 AM PST
I mix them w/my petunias in the baskets. The hummers love them, and they grow like vines...filling the baskets nicely. I train them to run up the ropes from the baskets. I've been collecting the big seeds this year...you don't get many in a packet 
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