From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   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!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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