From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   Hi All,   
      
   Yesterday, I put the knee pads on and got down on the dirt to   
   prune off the extra zucchini pants from my holes.  The plants   
   I kept were the large ones at about 10" tall.   
      
   I noticed that in the heat of the day, steams at the root had   
   a bunch of unwelcome visitors.  Squash bugs.  The big overwinter   
   ones.  These guys job, besides the over winter thing, is to seek   
   out new squash plants, copulate, and lay eggs, starting the   
   cycle over again.   
      
   So I got out my soap spray and now I won't have eggs to deal   
   with.  I will check again every day for about a week.  This   
   is a TON easier done when the plants are small.   
      
   And these big guys, when it is hot, don't move real fast.   
   They are easy to nail with soap spray.  And the small   
   pants make it easy to work around.   
      
   Death to Squash Bugs!   
   -T   
      
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