From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/11/19 7:22 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >    good to know!  :)   
   >   
   >    here's a link to a good article on various things to try that   
   > someone posted in another place i hang out for garden chatter.   
   >   
   >    https://tendingmygarden.com/squash-bugs-tactics-for-wThank you!.  Ths   
   inning-the-war/   
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   >    songbird   
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   Thank you!   
      
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