General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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March 30, 2015 | #16 |
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Now Worth... Blue cheese? that is disgusting. You need a drink of coffee or something. that is just pitiful... blue cheese?
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Squash vine borers are problem here too. Squash bugs are an even bigger problem.
With the borers, as Worth replied, foil helps. A TP or paper towel roll helps. I've used water hose too. All of them work for the most part. Squash bugs are different story though. I've used all kinds of organic miracle cures...didn't work. Soapy water...didn't work well enough. Malathion...waste of time and effort. The only thing I've found that gets rid of squash bugs is a match and a gallon of gas. |
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Worth --
Wow, that's an amazing photo!! Quote:
Moschata type summer squash like Tromboncino have much better SVB resistance. And like we've talked about over in the cucuzzi thread, edible gourds like cucuzzi and edible gourds such as luffas are also really bug-proof and a good summer squash substitute. |
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March 30, 2015 | #20 |
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I don't have borers, but I do have cucumber beetles. I use Surround, a fine powdered kaolin clay. Is that the stuff you are talking about, Worth? It makes insects uncomfortable, so they go elsewhere. Doesn't kill anything, as far as I know.
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Now I have to figure out where they sell it here. Worth |
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March 30, 2015 | #22 |
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I get my Surround from Fedco in Maine.
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March 31, 2015 | #23 | |
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I tried using fine cloth coverings and dusting the vines with Sevin. I wasn't successful. I will try your foil trick. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I wasn't a huge tatume fan but it is very cool looking and a pretty plant as well. It will do well on trellis. Give it room! Kabocha is my favorite winter squash. |
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March 31, 2015 | #25 |
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March 31, 2015 | #26 |
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Give the white scallop a try - it is actually one of my favorites over yellow or zucchini. I'll second the grey zucchini being much more flavorful than the green, though.
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There are lots and lots of scalloped summer squash varieties and I've grown many of them and here's a Google link about some of them:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...+with+pictures Two seed vendors that list LOTs of them, the non-hybrid ones, are Sandhill Preservation and Baker Creek, the latter with pictures, the former not, but Glenn Drowns who owns Sandhill was the former curator for Cucurbits for SSE so has a huge inventory and sent many of his varieties to Jere Gettle at Baker Creek shortly after Baker Creek got going. Jere has travelled to many places overseas and has added to his squash varieties almost every year. Hope that helps, Carolyn
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Thank You Carolyn. I have a long day of doctors and all today. I look foreword to looking at the sites tonight.
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April 1, 2015 | #29 |
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My favorite of the pattypans is Golden Bush Scallop. I will have mostly crooknecks this season but I like a couple of zucchini to fry and eat with some homemade marinara. My yellow squash usually outlasts the zucchini. The borers and the squash bugs seem to prefer any zucchini variety I grow.
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While shopping today, I found seeds for Early Summer Crookneck and Dixie hybrid. I guess I'll have to try those too.
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