UNBELIEVABLE

[peppero]

for years i have had a REAL PROBLEM with squash bugs but, for some reason unbeknownst to me, this year i have hardly had any and no damage to plants. so far not even any SVBs. i have not experienced this form of unexpected wonderfulness in many a year. this is soooooooooo nice.

as an added blessing my eggplants are even doing GREAT with very few flea beetles. is the sky going to fall next?

jon

[crocee]

Want me to send you some?????????????

[Wi-sunflower]

I'm having a similar year ....so far anyway.

No pickle beetle damage in the squash at all. I haven't even seen a pickle beetle yet.

Some flea beetle damage but not enough to hurt the squash. They about ate up some of my early cabbage and broccoli tho.

For me, I think all the rain we've had may have had some effect on the bugs tho the cooler than normal weather probably helped too.

Carol

[RebelRidin]

Originally Posted by peppero

for years i have had a REAL PROBLEM with squash bugs but, for some reason unbeknownst to me, this year i have hardly had any and no damage to plants. so far not even any SVBs. i have not experienced this form of unexpected wonderfulness in many a year. this is soooooooooo nice.

as an added blessing my eggplants are even doing GREAT with very few flea beetles. is the sky going to fall next?

jon

Nay... Ye must not speak of it lest ye be jinxed ?

[livinonfaith]

Shhhh! I agree with George. Speak not on these things lest the creatures that must not be named take notice and turn their evil eyes upon us!

(It may be said that some of us read too many supernatural and fantasy novels at an impressionable age. (For me, it was somewhere between ten and forty five.))

[tlintx]

Forty-five... then you've read the books I have! I suddenly feel so... not alone.

There was fiction before Harry Potter! Viva la sci fi!

Okay, I'm better now. SVB.... not a one so far!

[peppero]

Originally Posted by crocee

Want me to send you some?????????????

could you spare a few, i only have maybe one? maybe you could send it on your dime.

jon

[Kazfam]

If you've done obliteration methods in previous years you may have reduced the population relative to your little location.

Read this about SVB's - I thought it was rather interesting and encouraging:
http://tomclothier.hort.net/page30.html

I am on my second rotation of planting squash seeds...

[crocee]

Originally Posted by Kazfam

If you've done obliteration methods in previous years you may have reduced the population relative to your little location.

Read this about SVB's - I thought it was rather interesting and encouraging:
http://tomclothier.hort.net/page30.html

I am on my second rotation of planting squash seeds...

This is a really good concept but some of us only have a limited amount of space and containers. The link didn't mention it but would you need to replace the growing media each time you replaced the plant? I can see where this could become cost prohibitive in no time.