This morning I noticed my zucchini plants had wilted. Watering didn’t help; they stayed wilted. This is the first sign of squash vine borer infestation. The moth that I saw on the plants about 3 weeks ago must have laid eggs on the stems. That would mean the larvae are now present in the stems [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bugs’
Wilted Zucchini Plants
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, zucchini on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Red Alert!
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, zucchini on July 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning I sighted a squash vine borer moth flying around my zucchini plants. It’s red body was a dead giveaway. I chased it trying to squish it between my flip flops which I had grabbed off my feet to use as a bug killer. It got away. It briefly hovered over the gord plants [...]
Squash Vine Borer
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged bugs, Garden, squash, veggies, zucchini on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
RIP squash plants. Over the past few days most of my squash and zucchini plants have wilted and died from squash vine borer. The two plants left have the telltale signs of frass protruding from small holes at the base of the vine. I knew it was inevitable; I’ve been gardening for years and they [...]
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