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squash begs, red plastic ...??

10 years ago

I get so frustrated trying to grow zucchini & fight the squash bugs! Tried planting later (June) & supposedly the squash bug egg laying is over ? No luck! I decided to cut some big squares out of some red plastic I had ... cut a hole in the center big enough to fit around each plant & planted the squash in the ground (had drip lines running under the rows of squash) thinking maybe the squash bugs wouldn't crawl across the plastic to the plants ( & perhaps not underneath the plastic also?), Not seen any bugs yet... but a bit early yet here for them....but I noticed the plants have grown huge & small squash on them already!!! Is this an effect of the red plastic on the plants ... seems I read once it was!?

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  • 10 years ago

    Thank you for your advice & experience!

    I have tried both early & late planting & still lose my zucchini plants from the squash bugs but will try again this year as we love zucchinis. We even had squash bugs on the watermelons close by last year! Have you ever used anything (commercial) ON the plants to deter/kill the bugs?

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