I am a first time poster on this forum, but I have gotten tons of advice this year about my first garden and would be happy to give some back...

I planted around July 1st and when my cukes were producing great, along came these little holes in my cukes with small green worms inside. Looked it up and it was confirmed- pickleworm. I am attempting to garden as naturally as possible and haven't used any form of pest control other than spray by the hose (aphids) and knocking into bowl of soapy water (cuke beetles, stink bugs, hornworms).

I read a couple of people who used nylons successfully. I tried the nylon idea and it did the trick for me and the cukes produced great for about a month longer. I read that the flower is only open for one day and then it falls off. So I assumed, if there was a small baby cucumber on the plant, it had to be already fully pollinated and was safe to cover. I used knee highs and twist ties. Easy to do and worked like a charm. I've seen quite a few people posting about how to deal with the pickleworm, so I wanted to let people know what worked for me!