Who else struggles with summer squash?

Jaysan · July 22, 2013

No powdery mildew for the first time this year and I have been able to keep the squash bugs under control just by looking for them and their eggs and not letting them get established. I stake them so they stand up and it's easy to see under the leaves.

But SVBorers got everything recently, even my second plants that had just started blooming,

I got my revenge though. I split every vine and dug the critters out and executed them.

And that should reduce them next year too.

I went ahead and replanted seed. The borers are gone so maybe I can get a crop before frost.

July 22, 2013	#16
Jaysan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 167	No powdery mildew for the first time this year and I have been able to keep the squash bugs under control just by looking for them and their eggs and not letting them get established. I stake them so they stand up and it's easy to see under the leaves. But SVBorers got everything recently, even my second plants that had just started blooming, I got my revenge though. I split every vine and dug the critters out and executed them. And that should reduce them next year too. I went ahead and replanted seed. The borers are gone so maybe I can get a crop before frost.