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Re: squash borers



Joe Matthews wrote:
> 
> milstein@nyc.pipeline.com (Sarah Milstein) wrote:
> >Can anybody address this question?  It originates in central New Jersey.
> >
> 
> >Friends of ours have been sporadically trying to grow squash (not zucchini)
> >for several
> >years but have _always_ lost the plants to what they say is squash borers.
> >The
> >county agent told them there's no cure or protection but they still have
> >hope.
> >> ----------------
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Sarah Milstein
> >milstein@pipeline.com

I was given a solution some years ago but am not sure it works since I 
had to move from the place I was sure had borers before I tried it.  
Intercrop with radishes - the borers are supposed to appreciate the 
radishes more and head for them.


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