From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)