This is my first year growing winter squash, and am growing Uncle David's Dakota Squash and some Spaghetti squash.

The problem is that out of the 20 plants or so I started, about 8 got the first leaves eaten when small by something, and did not survive.

The rest of the 12 have grown but every single one of them have been hit by this disgusting squash vine borer. I lost another four and am down to 8. And now most of these are wilting too, and have cut most of the borers out.

This is insane. I may not get a single squash. Had no idea of this problem and am slightly surprised that since it appears such a problem, that it isn't mentioned on the seed packet or in some fashion by Fedco. I wasted a ton of time with these squash.

I wonder, what can I do now, and what can I do next season ? I heard something about using aluminum foil.