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Squash veins white -- normal?

19 years ago

This is the first time I've grown yellow crookneck squash, leaving zucchini behind with my younger days. But recently the veins have become light-colored and the leaves are a bit paler on two of the plants than they have been. Earlier today I crushed two sets of squash bug eggs on the underside of these leaves.

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Do the plants need fertilizing? Or do they have a disease? The plants seem healthy and vigorous otherwise. Or is this normal for yellow squash?

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paveggie
19 years ago
Leaf vein coloration or splotching differences vary with the variety. This one looks normal.
anney
Original Author
19 years ago
paveggie

Thanks!

I was afraid it was one of those mosaic infections, though it doesn't look like any of the pictures I saw. I can't believe how anxious I got about those pale veins. I set out four plants as a squash bug/stink bug trap crop and told myself that if they decimated it, that would be fine. Only I found that I like the squash an awful lot and would be disappointed to lose the plants! Apparently it's working to attract stink bugs if they're laying eggs on it, haven't seen them anywhere else yet.
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