Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Good, Ken. I was out in the nine winter squash beds yesterday, checking every 
leaf underside. Found seven of them and they are no more. If nailing the 
first adults to appear will head off an infestation, that's a lifesaver for 
my squash season. I moved the squash beds 80 feet away this year and planted 
trap crops like yellow crookneck and pumpkin, but still need to put in some 
flowers if that'll help. It's like, when failure is not an option, do 
everything. Or, whatever it takes.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 6/1/2010 at 7:28 PM Ken Hargesheimer wrote:

>http://www.dirtdoctor.com/organic/garden/view_question/id/2913/
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>--- On Tue, 6/1/10, Mary Carter <grannia58@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>From: Mary Carter <grannia58@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Squash Bugs
>To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 10:49 AM
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>I never get many melons due to what I think is squash bugs.  A co-worker
>suggested diluting concentrated garlic or lemon juice and spraying with
>that to deter them. Will this work or is something else better? I live
>about 30 miles from Houston, TX and bugs are a big problem here.
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>Thanks
>Mary