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I've been getting these SVB astards for a few years now. This year I injected Bt into the vines. I saved a few, but Lost more. I was checking regularly & couldn't spot any frass. My last Beautiful Acorn was enormous with 4 or 5 Squash on them. Injected the Bt where i saw holes. Then I noticed holes far away from the base. In flower stems and along runners. I tried injecting them but we had a few days of rain & I noticed the vine collapsing. Disgusting Creatures!.

Best video ever .

Great video!. I had that happen for the first time this year in Northeast Ohio. Same deal, came home plant was wilted and was fine the day before. I had looked into squash pests before because I was growing zucchini and wanted to know what to look for early to prevent this. It killed the one plant but the other was fine so far but I did find the hole way up on the stem and saw the borer inside. So it had not been there long. I used a syringe meant to inject a turkey with butter or broth or whatever and used it to inject Monterey BT into the hole to start and an inch or two above and below the entry hole and it saved the plant. My first experience with a squash vine borer and this was year two of having a raised bed and gardening I'm a beginner. First year was a learning experience I had no idea what I was doing and that garden got attacked by everything and had to learn on the fly what to do to deal with everything and although it was frustrating it was a great experience as well and it's very enjoyable growing your own food.

I noticed that when you're naming off of vegetables, that you're giving the breed or type it is. is it possible to grow a different breed of these vegetables or does it have to be specifically these ?

Nice work man

No help for me...too late to buy another variety

Squash vine borers dont touch my butternut...but the squash bugs sure do...ive kept after squash bugs on my other squash and has done well...but they decimated my butternut..

How long are they good in the refrigerator? 2 weeks?

I live in NC and have a decade old unused raised bed. It was filled with top soil at the time. What do I do to amend the soil for sprint use? Will it take several seasons?

That’s going to look great. Nice work.

Pictures of the different stages or an excellent condition. Thank you for the presentation

I am in NE Texas & my grow zone used to be 8b but they recently changed grow zones & now they are say my zone is 9a. Not sure if that makes much difference. I think in general Texas is a lot drier than Louisiana but this yr 2024 has been very wet. i am thinking it all will make for an earlier first frost this yr. I am trying to get my fall garden organized/planted eariler this year. Usually we don't plant till the end of August cuz its normally so hot & dry in August here.

VERY VERY HELPFUL!! You really gave some GREAT well thought out advice and covered the topic fully. Everytime I look at my squash I find eggs and ALWAYS 2 mating squashbugs getting sick of it. Are they ever gonna take a break and come up for air? I have picked off SO MANY & killed in soapy water. Ugh! I am going out right now to inspect and then cover the squash stem with D.Earth and then foil it and hunt for vine borer eggs/moths/ 💩. Ech!😱 The squash pests are so voracious. Like what would they be eating, laying eggs on and mating on if they didn't have MY squash plants? 😮 Lol.😊

Thank you for your video. I want to plant some Japanese sweet potatoes that are white skin and purple inside. They have less water content and it has the texture of regular potatoes. I can buy them from Asian grocers, but its impossible to get them to root to produce slips. I think they process them with something that prevents them from growing slips even when you put in glass of water water. Do you have a tips how to get that chemical off so I can grow my own? Im in Orange County California. Used to live off of Dalrymple by LSU though!

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I'm in South Louisiana also. Are there any stores, clubs, Facebook groups that you can reccomend? Do most people just go to Home Depot, or are there local options available? I'll be a beginner backyard vegetable gardener and am curious to know about what's available in my area. I'm thinking that I'll do some containers, and some in ground, depending on the crop. I have grown some things just for fun, for example I grew potatoes one year just out of curiosity, but this is my first attempt at taking it more seriously. And, if I'm honest, it seems like it would be less expensive to just continue buying produce from the grocery store, but I would like to reach a point where my most used produce is home grown.

Oh. I thought Neem Oil only killed spiders. I will try it today. I did not know Neem is BT. Thank you for sharing.

🌻 The honeybee population in my area is so slim... I avoid pesticide. Thank you for the vid.!!!

Excellent information, clearly explained - thank you! I'm going to try wrapping the base of the plants with tulle - the cheap fabric that ballet tutus are made from, as a varied use of recommended by Robbie and Gary's YT channel'. Like tiny, fabric window screen, bugs and other predators are creeped-out when their feet or claws get caught in the web, so they go away! Where do they go? Away. BTW, tulle comes in many colors and can wrap fruits or vegetables or whole plants!

Thank you! This helps! Is curring soft neck different from hard neck? How long it needs to cure before eating? I'm in 2nd year growing...

2nd start of my squash and zucchini , watermelon, mini pumpkin, green beans , creole tomato, spaghetti squash, banana pepper, ..was june 15, really didn't know i could put the eggplant in now . Green ans yellow bell peppers and celebrity tomatoes still hanging in there producing. Im thinking about putting up the shade cloth early tho..i usually put it up mid August..unless there's a storm threat in the gulf.

Thanks for all this information. I will be trying them in my garden.

I have a "pet" chicken (separated from coop due to pecking order and emaciation). She is a master insect eater (except sow bugs) while I prepared the beds for planting. She did not miss any that I can tell. It's so fun to work as a team with my pestimator! I either point or say "chick chick" and she knows what to do like lightning. I bought BT and I will use DE when the earth is dry with companion plants and peppermint scent. I had no problems last year with butternut squash, but 1st time squash and pumpkins in new beds this year, so hopefully none in soil yet. Thanks for the video and everyone for the ideas. 😘

Thank you. This is my first time using raised beds. Glad to subscribe and turn on notifications

It's too hot this was two yrs ago I'm not far from you this year It feels like someone had the keys to the bowels of hell and unleashed it on us 🤦🏻‍♀️

Good reminders! Thanks

Hey, how'd those direct seeded peppers come out?

Great video!

😢😂 I was just about to get jealous. This year squash vine borer has taken out every zucchini, squash and yes even my tromboncinos..three. but I read Aug is the end of their life cycle so I keep planting some every month. We're in SE Texas in Houston. Last year during drought 😂 hardly any bug prob, this year they think my garden is a All you can eat cafeteria 🎉 thank you for sharing. I like to watch vids that have almost identical weather.🙌🏽 howdy 🤠 neighbor 🖐🏽

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I have always wanted to start my garden and I never know where to begin. Thanks for giving me the knowledge of where I need to look. I don’t understand the charts that you show to well, I’m in the central port of Louisiana. I don’t really know my zone. I started a few things this year, just to test the waters. I planted tomatoes blackberries, bell pepper all in buckets. I have received maybe a handful of each and they were pretty good next year I want to try the big one planting in the ground.

Last year and this year I planted two Moschata types, both "Korean". Last year was a total success with the Moschatas, whereas the Pepos got hit by SVB, though I was able to keep the zucchini going by slitting the lower stem and squirting in either some BT or Insecticidal soap. This year the same two Korean squashes eventually succumbed to the SVB. The better one was the King Ka Ae, which vines all over like crazy (I used a large trellis), and produces squash similar to zucchini, very fresh, but should be picked say no more than 6 inches; they're lighter green colored and very smooth. The other K squash Teot Bat Put has the nickname "Avocado squash" because of it's shape, and they are quite productive giving fruits 1 lb. plus/minus, also vine like crazy. I decided I prefer the Ae. Both of these are available from True Leaf/Kitazawa.

I removed two with a crochet hook and tossed it to the garden toad! Lol hopefully the plant survives. Planted two new plants in case. I’m in the Houston area oh and thank you for all the information and tips!!

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Awesome harvest! Thanks for keeping the updates coming. Good job attacking those squash vine borers. I always struggle with them here in the Youngsville, LA area.

Nice potatoes

I was also wondering how your garden was doing. Glad you are back! Do you remember where you got the pink lemonade blueberries from? I've never seen that variety.

I’m so ashamed of my potatoes. I got maybe enough to make a small order of fries. 😅 I used Idaho cut up from the grocery store. It made 5 plants.

Real nice garden. Thanks for taking us along with you.

Nice little pocket knife.

I was just wondering today how your garden was doing. Nice! And, welcome back :)

Went to Clegg’s today. Wanted blackberries but they didn’t have what I wanted.

I have them in my squash what can I do

How are they now?

Hey there. This is my first year growing anything from seed, and I've had a fantastic success. I've dealt with cabbage worms and harvested a bit before giving up on that fight, I've dealt with the ants on my okra, and guess what I got a crash course on today? You guessed it. I live in austin Texas, so similar conditions as LA. (My mom lives on Toledo Bend Lake, there in Many, LA. So I am familiar with the climate) I lost 3 plants yesterday and 2 more today to these guys. I had no idea they were infected until it was far too late. I dissected my biggest baby after the stem broke clean off in my hand and found 5 of those things. Now, I didn't watch any videos before reacting, maybe I should have, but so far, we'll, I'll lose probably 2 more, but I'll keep the rest I bet. So what I did was gouged the pests out of the holes they made as best I could, and cut them away from the stakes I had them zip tied to. Lowered them slowly after one snapped off in my hand. Then I got really close to the stalks with my Sevin sprayer, and sprayed heavy, including inside the holes I had widened to kill the grub with my shears. Turns out i didn't kill them all, and the ones I had missed wanted out of there like I'd set them on fire. Ants rushed over and put them out of their misery before they also succumbed to the poison. 2 bugs, 1 spray. Now I know they needed to root again up higher on the plant to survive, so I went ahead and sealed up the stalk with pruning seal. That might turn out to be a mistake, if the roots can't grow through it. I won't know until I see. I mixed up a strong batch of miracle grow and gave each plant a nice scoop of the water mixture. I threw compost dirt around the bases, and cut back any flowers that were going to try and open this week. I also harvested EVERYTHING because I sprayed HEAVY. I'm not going to fight these things, I'll just kill them.

No wonder you have them those plants are a mess

Dido I have harvested 27 lbs of zucchini and lb of yellow squash I take lots of time check the plant each year my butternut had five eggs on it only one you mentioned I have checked for the last two weeks that had no eggs was my cheese pumpkins