bgill,
I’ve always had great luck spraying the squash vine stem with pesticide (liquid - less harm to the pollinators) for the squash vine borers. Not sure if you’re organic. Even when a plant or two became infected (you can tell when the plant severely wilts at high heat) I heavily water and “stab” the squash stem with a large sowing (I mean really large) sewing needle..
We have fireants on the okra, so today, I’m going to spray them with Cheyenne pepper mixed with a few drops or soap and water. I’ll spray the ground, the stem, leaves and mini okra. We’ll see if that stops them. I worked for my squash and strawberries. I have another keyhole ready to put together. I’m going to put this one in my back yard. First I need to remove a dead althea shrub and a mini peach that has never done anything but sit there and look pretty.
Off to the community garden and murder some of those fireants.