General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mississippi
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I USED to grow yellow summer squash by the tub full. But for the last few years, I have had abysmal luck.
Squash vine borers killed some plants, lack of honey bees resulted in almost no pollination even though I had lots of blossoms. I tried manual pollination, but that didn't do much better and it was hard to do. This year I kind of figured out a solution to the squash vine borers problem: I dusted the stems with BT using a hand crank duster like this: https://www.google.com/shopping/prod...QqLABQQ8wII5wE The vine borers lay eggs in the ground near the plant, and the larvae hatch out and bore into the stem. I figured the BT would kill the larvae when they eat into the stem. It seems to have worked. I have seen no (not one) honey bees this year. I have had lots of bumble bees buzzing in my squash blossoms, but apparently bumble bees do not make good pollinators. I've only gotten a few squash to eat. |
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