Squash bugs , the damn squash bugs are already hard at work(?)
breeding a new generation to decimate my squash plants . Well this year
I ain't havin' none of that . I have consulted with my garden center horticulturist and gotten advice . I happen to have an OLD bottle of
liquid Sevin , from back in the day before they neutered it . Much as I
hate chemicals , I'm loosening my stand on this one . I've worked too
hard on this to see it go down the drain before the plants are even well established . I'm going to have to be careful where and when I use this
stuff , it'll kill bees just as effectively as squash bugs . But I think
this is going to be my only recourse if I want to harvest that food for
us rather than fatten and increase the local bug community .
--
Snag
"They may take our lives but
they'll never take our freedom."
William Wallace

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Snag wrote:

Squash bugs , the damn squash bugs are already hard at work(?)
breeding a new generation to decimate my squash plants . Well this
year I ain't havin' none of that . I have consulted with my garden
center horticulturist and gotten advice . I happen to have an OLD
bottle of liquid Sevin , from back in the day before they neutered it
. Much as I hate chemicals , I'm loosening my stand on this one .
I've worked too hard on this to see it go down the drain before the
plants are even well established . I'm going to have to be careful
where and when I use this stuff , it'll kill bees just as effectively
as squash bugs . But I think this is going to be my only recourse if
I want to harvest that food for us rather than fatten and increase
the local bug community .

Ouch!

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On 5/29/24 20:11, Snag wrote:

  Squash bugs , the damn squash bugs are already hard at work(?)
breeding a new generation to decimate my squash plants . Well this year
I ain't havin' none of that . I have consulted with my garden center horticulturist and gotten advice . I happen to have an OLD bottle of
liquid Sevin , from back in the day before they neutered it . Much as I
hate chemicals , I'm loosening my stand on this one . I've worked too
hard on this to see it go down the drain before the plants are even well established . I'm going to have to be careful where and when I use this
stuff , it'll kill bees just as effectively as squash bugs . But I think
this is going to be my only recourse if I want to harvest that food for
us rather than fatten and increase the local bug community .

My Zukes have not sprouted yet.

My method of battling squash bugs is to go out in the heat
of the day when the little dears are down by the stem to
get out of the heat, squirt liberal amounts of 7th Generation
Free and Clear dish soap at the stems, then water it in.
The little dear come shuffling up thought the soap suds
and die.

But you have to do this every other day for about month.

They only mate once a year, so if you soap suds them doing
the wild thing, you will have wiped them out for the year.

You still have to check for eggs though.

Death to Earwigs!
Death to Squash Bugs!
Death to Aphids!

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On 5/31/2024 9:09 PM, T wrote:

On 5/29/24 20:11, Snag wrote:

   Squash bugs , the damn squash bugs are already hard at work(?)
breeding a new generation to decimate my squash plants . Well this
year I ain't havin' none of that . I have consulted with my garden
center horticulturist and gotten advice . I happen to have an OLD
bottle of liquid Sevin , from back in the day before they neutered it
. Much as I hate chemicals , I'm loosening my stand on this one . I've
worked too hard on this to see it go down the drain before the plants
are even well established . I'm going to have to be careful where and
when I use this stuff , it'll kill bees just as effectively as squash
bugs . But I think this is going to be my only recourse if I want to
harvest that food for us rather than fatten and increase the local bug
community .

My Zukes have not sprouted yet.

My method of battling squash bugs is to go out in the heat
of the day when the little dears are down by the stem to
get out of the heat, squirt liberal amounts of 7th Generation
Free and Clear dish soap at the stems, then water it in.
The little dear come shuffling up thought the soap suds
and die.

But you have to do this every other day for about month.

They only mate once a year, so if you soap suds them doing
the wild thing, you will have wiped them out for the year.

You still have to check for eggs though.

Death to Earwigs!
Death to Squash Bugs!
Death to Aphids!

I sprayed some Sevin into the soil around and on the stems a couple
of days ago . Found and destroyed some eggs yesterday morning . As soon
as the rain stops for a couple of days they'll get the Sevin again .
Down here in the south they can mate more than once - knocking their
numbers down now makes it that much easier to weather the second wave .
Another major problem is the Japanese beetles . Hopefully the
beneficial nematodes I applied early this spring will knock their
numbers down too . I'm tired of workin' my ass of to feed parasites .
--
Snag
The time has come to spit on our hands
hoist the black flag
and start cutting throats.

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On 5/31/24 20:08, Snag wrote:

I'm tired of workin' my ass of to feed parasites

What?? We humans do not like to share with bugs?
Me neither!

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