This is an update and inflate postal service on squelch glitch that I posted in 2011 .
It ’s mash time of year ! I get a lot of questions about how to manipulate squeeze bugs and squash vine borers . They are a veggie gardener ’s nemesis . I have read and tried several things and think a few help . Here ’s a list of things you might prove to control mash hemipterous insect and squash vine stone drill .
Learn to key out squash vine rock drill and squeeze bug
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SQUASH BUGSSquash bugs attack both summertime and wintertime squash . They are here now . They thrust it and suck out the juices . If left uncurbed , they can take over and destroy the flora . The key to control is catching them decent out . Here are some thing to try on :
-Learn to describe male flowers vs female bloom on crush flora so you experience when to remove row cover .
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-Plant squeeze that is somewhat resistive to squash bugs . I’ve grow many varieties of mash but have found some seem to resist mash bugs while others attract them .
Summer squash - I grow the variety Friulana , a yellow zucchini style squash , which do n’t seem to attract as many squash bugs .
wintertime squash - I maturate Butternutswhich do n’t seem to pull as many squash bugs
-Completely cover plants with med weight row cover version till the female flowers appear , then remove the wrangle cover so bee can pollinate them . Still check your plants weekly .
– Squash bugs living cycle from egg to nymph is 7 - 10days so keep forrader of them by audit every week BEFORE they hatch .
-Hand find fault every 7 twenty-four hour period and remove nut , nymph and adult from leaves . Put in bucket of soapy water . Then compensate plant life again with row covering if no prime .
-Rotate squash into different beds every yr . They may not ascertain you . First time squash growers broadly speaking get the first year gratuitous of squash bugs . Afterward the bugs find you and the battle is on .
– Plant late - like the first couple of weeks of July - you may miss their lifecycle .
Spray with Azamaxwhich contain a Neem product that has anti - feeding properties . It help somewhat .
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SQUASH VINE BORERIt comes in July . It bores into the main stem around the base of the industrial plant to position its eggs which then twist into larvae inside the vine and rust it from the inside . Look for sawdust like particle around base if plant all of a sudden droop . you’re able to taste to slit the vine line of latitude ( not across it ) and prod out the grub and then record the wounding exclude . It may hold up .
Here are some things to try:–Once again cover them with dustup blanket until pollenation needs to happen .
– Wrap aluminum foil around the base of the vine for about 12 inchesto keep them from attacking the base of the vine .
– Also inhume the vine with dirt or clay enshroud the principal vine .
I find keeping squash plants shroud with run-in top really assist in that I do n’t have to battle the bugs till the flowers appear .
