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Posted by Carol_SE_PA_6 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 26, 04 at 21:10
| I have a raised vege garden on LBI, NJ. I have tomatoes, peppers, egg plants, basil and zucchini. I tried seaweed as a mulch (after rinsing it and letting it dry in the sun). Well the zuccini plants died - everything else is fine. We had a big rain that week. Have any ideas what caused the dead zucchini?
Thanks!
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RE: Dead zucchini
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Carol,
Maybe the same thing that happened to my squash, its the dreaded Squash vine Borer. Do the stems look like mush? If they do then that is the problem..
Stella |
RE: Dead zucchini
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| They are kind of mushy. Do you have any idea how to protect from them? I guess if you did, you would have been on the zucchini recipe posting. Thanks for your help! |
RE: Dead zucchini
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Carol,
The only way I have heard is to put row covers on the plants since the insect that causes the wilt lays its eggs on the stem. If you cover them you will have to hand pollinate them since bees cannot get in under the cover.
I haven't tried that yet but next year for sure, I am tired of dying squash.
Stella |
RE: Dead zucchini
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| Thank you very much Stella. I hate to buy them when I used to be able to grow tons of them. |
RE: Dead zucchini
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| I have the dreaded squash vine borer that only allows me to harvest a handful of squash before the plant collapses and dies. However, I am finding that the problem is geographical. I have thriving zucchini 50 feet away from the dead patch that I removed a week ago. So far the plants show no sign of decline. My advice is to use Reemay and plant in a different spot. Cheers! |
RE: Dead zucchini
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| My husband used to grow vegetables and squash vine borers sure did a lot of damage. His solution was to always plant more than you need, assume the borers will get at least half. Once they get into a stem, there's no way to save the plant. By the way, my husband gave up fighting when the squash vine borers and tomato hornworms got the best of his vegetables. We now have an above ground pool where his vegetable garden used to be. |
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