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I agree with James. Please don't feel obligated to share with our side of the country.jal_ut wrote:OK, Thank You. Please keep them over there.
When I lived in Phoenix AZ everyone believes you should water early in the morning when the sun is coming up before temperature reaches 114 degrees. I was told by several people that it would kill my garden if I water in the evening. All the neighbors had their lawn sprinklers come on at 6 am for 1 hr, I was the only person in the neighborhood with lawn sprinkler that came on at 9 pm for 10 minutes. I planted my garden and watered 1 hour b4 sun down as I have done for 50 years. Neighbors all said, WOW how are you able to grow a garden no one else can get a garden to grow. When do you water your squash? Are you squash in full sun all day? My squash did very well in Phoenix AZ much better than TN I think squash is a hot weather plant.Taiji wrote:Sorry to rain on everyone's parade but...
Actually, we do have SVB's here in AZ too. They are not as prevalent as in the East, since this is not their native habitat. I only had a problem one year with my zucchini when they started to wilt; I would water them and they'd come back for a while then finally they died. I replanted and the next batch were fine.
The valley across the way (I can see it from my house) has a much worse problem. People lose their squash to SVB's often.
Actually I found this. I guess they even call it the Southwestern Squash Vine Borer. A lot of things are changing and not necessarily for the better!
https://www.insectidentification.org/ins ... Borer-Moth