So remember when I said that a stinking fungus attacked my squash and zucchini?? Yeah, a few weeks ago in this post.
Well, it turns out I was wrong! I consulted Carol, over at May Dreams Gardens, another Indiana gardener and asked for her opinion. "Squash vine borers," she said...er, wrote...in a comment in my blog.
While I believed Carol, I wanted to see it with my own eyes. A few articles I read on the Internet said you can find them gnawing through the stems of your vines if you catch them earlier enough.
With steak knife in hand I marched out to the last crookneck yellow squash plant and slit that sucker down the middle. Sure enough, there were two little culprits responsible for destroying my last squash plant.
So naturally my response was to stab them, several times each, and them burn them with the rest of the vines in the fire pit.
You can see them there on the left in the middle of the picture. They were less than an inch long and cream in color with a spot of brown on the end.
Upon further inspection I also found these little brown dots and whole load of ugly, nasty little creatures. You can barely make them out in the picture, but this webpage has a better image.
SQUASH BUGS! EVERYWHERE! I found tons and tons of these little brown eggs on my squash.
These suckers when into the fire, too! BURN SUCKERS!
I think next year I need to wage organic pesticide war before these take over another veggie garden of mine.
Well, it turns out I was wrong! I consulted Carol, over at May Dreams Gardens, another Indiana gardener and asked for her opinion. "Squash vine borers," she said...er, wrote...in a comment in my blog.
While I believed Carol, I wanted to see it with my own eyes. A few articles I read on the Internet said you can find them gnawing through the stems of your vines if you catch them earlier enough.
With steak knife in hand I marched out to the last crookneck yellow squash plant and slit that sucker down the middle. Sure enough, there were two little culprits responsible for destroying my last squash plant.
So naturally my response was to stab them, several times each, and them burn them with the rest of the vines in the fire pit.
You can see them there on the left in the middle of the picture. They were less than an inch long and cream in color with a spot of brown on the end.
Upon further inspection I also found these little brown dots and whole load of ugly, nasty little creatures. You can barely make them out in the picture, but this webpage has a better image.SQUASH BUGS! EVERYWHERE! I found tons and tons of these little brown eggs on my squash.
These suckers when into the fire, too! BURN SUCKERS!
I think next year I need to wage organic pesticide war before these take over another veggie garden of mine.
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