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Help! Dead Banana Squash!!!

16 years ago

For the 2nd year in a row now, the same thing has occurred with my banana squash. One day it's perfectly healthy, growing like mad and producing beautiful large squash and the next day, dead! Literally! The other varieties of squash around my banana are fine though . . .

A gal at our local nursery said it's a virus. Does anyone concur? Are bananas more susceptible? Is there anything I can do about it? Should I give up on growing bananas?

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farmerdilla
16 years ago
Banana squash like most of the C.pepo group is very susceptible to squash vine borers (SVB). That is the only thing that has ever killed mine quickly. Squash bugs will kill them but it is a slow death. The only virus listed as killing the plant is Beet Curly Top virus (BCTV) even that one is a slow death. The common viruses on squash are the mosaic viruses spred by aphids. Cucumber Mosaic (CMV),watermelon mosaic (WMV2) result in decreased yields of distorted, discolored fruits.
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