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| Can you hide SVB susceptible varieties in among C. moschata plants to lower infection rate, or do the moths lay eggs on everything and only survive on the non moschatas? |
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| This just my impression: but no, the moths find them one way or another. On really bad years I know they've attack my c. Moschatas. But damages generally were not mortal. George |
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- Posted by spiced_ham z5 OH (My Page) on Mon, Apr 4, 11 at 11:12
| Dang it! Maybe I'll try wrapping stems with foil or whatever other gimick I hear about. I wonder if a bit of fly paper (or tanglefoot) stuck to the stems would catch the enemy. |
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| Last year, after all my C. pepo and C. maxima were dead, they moved on to my C. moschata and C. argyrosperma. The moschatas were killed before I could harvest them, while the argyrospermas held on and I got a harvest from them, even though some of the fruits themselves were ruined by borers getting in them. They just didn't get ALL of them. I did get a harvest from my C. pepo summer squash, but that was just because it was early enough to make some fruits before the borers killed them. The C. maxima never stood a chance. This year I'm trying neem oil, which some people tell me works, and some people tell me it doesn't. I already caught a moth sniffing around my newly sprouted squashes, so they've gotten their first spray. I tried the catch the moth to kill it, but it was too fast for me. Despite all this, I still think the SVB moths are pretty cool looking. I just wish they'd stick to the Buffalo gourd and leave my squashes alone. |
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