I have read that Guinea Fowl are "the only thing that works." They eat the bugs but don't scratch like chickens do. They are noisy at times and wouldn't be appreciated in dense populations.
I tried a vacuum and soapy water and lost most of my squas…
A good test to see if you have the squash bugs is to water overhead and around the base of the stem, then get down and look for them on the plant. They hate water, and tend to move in an upward fashion on the leaves and stalks of the squash plants.…
Today I spent hours looking under all my squash leaves. Then tonight I found what looked like there eggs on a tomato leaf... I will keep hunting but I think they have the upper hand...
Thanks for all the info and you help
Those guys hide everywhere. You would need to have a clean slate hospital room to allow no places for them to hide! Heck, I have found them hanging out between bricks in the sidewalks during winter. Got a leaf in the yard? Yeah they will find it, so…
Here is a link to a previous thread, some additional info.
Kill as many as you can ASAP. They can become a huge infestation, I know from personal experience. Still dealing with it 3 years later. I kill those darn things anytime I see them, ALWAYS!…
My husband and I have been having problems too. He is also handpicking the worms, but he really enjoys (maybe too much?) throwing them against the block wall when he finds one! I am just reading a homemade solutions type book and they said that duri…
I get those too. I think they're cabbage loopers.
Other than picking them off by hand, I'm had also been spraying the leave with bT.
My latest strategy is to spread out some diatomaceous earth atop the soil and plants. Hoping that will help.
Hello I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on how to get rid of these little green monsters they look like little green inch worms.
They are taking over my borage and destroying my sugar snap pea leafs and are also in to my bok choy
thanks for you help
cory
Posted on November 27, 2009 at 12:12pm — 7 Comments
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I've got some small, black little bugs on my butternut squash. I'm a Phx native and have never seen bugs like these, but I've also never grown the squash before, either. They seem to hide when I reach for a leaf - creepy! What are they and will they…
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