From: fos@sdf.org   
      
   On 2025-06-20, T  wrote:   
   > Hi All,   
      
   > I read somewhere that squash bugs hated the smell of   
   > onions.  So I planted a green onions in each of my Zucchini   
   > plots.  And I also make a witch's brew of onion and   
   > poured it over my zucchini plants.   
   >   
   > Results: still had squash bugs.   
      
   > Dang!   
      
   >:'(   
      
   fortunately i haven't had to battle insects on my veggies. i   
   get some white moths but the damage has always been minimal.   
      
   i had been battling scarlet beetles last couple years. left   
   alone they will absolutely decimate lilly foliage. this year i   
   dusted the lilly patch with diatomaceous earth when they first   
   appeared and haven't seen any beetles or new damage to the   
   plants since.   
      
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