Watch closely Squash & Melons · Pest

Squash vine borer

Affects: Zucchini Yellow Squash Pumpkin Butternut Squash Acorn Squash Spaghetti Squash Winter Squash

Symptoms

A healthy vine wilts suddenly; sawdust-like frass at the base and a mushy hole in the stem.

Early to midsummer when the clear-winged moth lays eggs at the stem base.

Jun Jul

Slit the stem, remove the borer, and bury that node to re-root. Inject Bt into the stem early.

Wrap stem bases in foil, plant a second succession in July, and grow resistant butternut types.

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