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How do you treat a squash bug infestation?
If you discover squash bugs your garden, follow one of these three methods to get rid of them.
- Scrape off the eggs.
- Pick and flick adult bugs.
- Set a nighttime trap.
- Lay row covers over plants.
- Plant resistant varieties of squash.
- Make your garden inhospitable for overwintering.
How do you control squash bugs on zucchini?
Certain squash varieties like zucchini are less likely to be attacked by squash bugs than other varieties. Nasturtium, a vining plant with edible leaves and flowers, is said to repel squash bugs. Interplanting nasturtium with your cucurbits as a companion plant may keep squash bugs away.
What is eating holes in my zucchini?
Squash bugs, squash vine borers, cucumber beetles and other pests can attack zucchini.
How do I keep bugs off my zucchini plants?
Cover your zucchini plant with a single layer of horticultural fleece as a barrier to bugs. Hold it in place with stones and gather the fleece beneath the stones to create a tight, firm edge against the ground. Remove it when the squash begins to flower to allow bees access for pollination.
What bug kills zucchini plants?
According to the Missouri Botanical Garden, the three insect pests that most commonly attack summer squash plants are squash bugs, squash vine borers and the striped cucumber beetle. If you see large, flat-looking bugs eating zucchini leaves in your garden, they are probably squash bugs, which feed on the foliage.
Is hydrogen peroxide a fungicide?
Peroxide is a fungicide and will kill fungal organisms, so there is no doubt it does work in some cases. The problem for the gardener is to know which cases work, when to spray and what concentration to use.
How do I keep bugs from eating my zucchini plants?
Try planting “Blue Hubbard” squash in a row outside your zucchini. Treat the “Blue Hubbard” squash with insecticide once the bugs appear to help control the population; because it’s on the perimeter of your garden, these trap crops can help keep bugs from entering the plants you want to eat, such as your zucchini.
What do bugs eat zucchini?
cutworms.
Why is my zucchini plant wilting?
Look over the leaves and stalks of the zucchini plant to see if they are wilted and yellow in appearance typically due to a vine borer, or if they have a white substance over them with the worst of infected leaves being shriveled and dried signaling powdery mildew.
How do you grow zucchini squash?
How to Grow Zucchini and Summer Squash. Sow squash in raised hills or inverted hills 4 to 5 seeds set 3 to 4 inches apart; thin to the two strongest seedlings. Space hills 6 to 8 feet apart. In rows, plant 2 squash seed 10 inches apart in rows 3 to 5 feet apart; thin successful seedlings in rows to 3 feet apart.