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digitS'
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Some of these squash pests are sure nasty!
Lucky (so far) that this pickleworm and the SVB aren't here. The squash bugs and stink bugs are.
Last year, the end field sprinkler plugged during the hottest days (records). Two waterings failed to reach many of the pumpkins and squash. Where the next sprinkler in line overlapped, the plants got some water. They survived while further on, those plants died. The squash bugs moved in. You could see their population density grow as you moved down the line of plants. The least stressed had the least bugs. Near the dead plants, the bugs swarmed!
I hit them with a one-two punch. Sprayed a few days apart, spinosad and pyrethrum knocked the squash bugs down.
Some of my Asian greens are having a difficult time in the garden with the heat but I'm enjoying choy sum in my noodles this evening. They are from the hoop house, still covering 2 beds here at home. A couple of days ago, we had Chinese cabbage from under the hoops. It's the only place I have been able to grow the nappa varieties, well "Blues," anyway. The open types have done okay in the garden.
It isn't cooler in the hoop house but must be more humid. Whatever the case, the sunlight is filtered through the plastic. Maybe these things account for the nappa cabbage liking conditions in there.
@Ridgerunner , your bok choy looks really good. I hope that folks at the food bank are inspired to stir-fry
.
Steve
Lucky (so far) that this pickleworm and the SVB aren't here. The squash bugs and stink bugs are.
Last year, the end field sprinkler plugged during the hottest days (records). Two waterings failed to reach many of the pumpkins and squash. Where the next sprinkler in line overlapped, the plants got some water. They survived while further on, those plants died. The squash bugs moved in. You could see their population density grow as you moved down the line of plants. The least stressed had the least bugs. Near the dead plants, the bugs swarmed!
I hit them with a one-two punch. Sprayed a few days apart, spinosad and pyrethrum knocked the squash bugs down.
Some of my Asian greens are having a difficult time in the garden with the heat but I'm enjoying choy sum in my noodles this evening. They are from the hoop house, still covering 2 beds here at home. A couple of days ago, we had Chinese cabbage from under the hoops. It's the only place I have been able to grow the nappa varieties, well "Blues," anyway. The open types have done okay in the garden.
It isn't cooler in the hoop house but must be more humid. Whatever the case, the sunlight is filtered through the plastic. Maybe these things account for the nappa cabbage liking conditions in there.
@Ridgerunner , your bok choy looks really good. I hope that folks at the food bank are inspired to stir-fry
.Steve
