I neglected to mention in my earlier comment to you, that the neem oil seems to have gotten rid of at least some of the herd of squash bugs I was plagued with! I also have some insect killer soap which seems to be helpful as well.
TArcher gave me a bunch of info on neem oil in last week’s thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3036854/posts
Post 160:
“It’s listed as a pesticide.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/PNAI/pnaishow.php?id=53
It’s also toxic to honey bees, and should only be applied in the evening when bees won’t bee doing their beedniss.”
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The soap I [texokie] bought yesterday is:
http://www.saferbrand.com/search?search=Insect+Killing+Soap&x=15&y=10
The one I bought is the 32 oz container
Now we’ll wait and see if I was able to drive off the critters in time to actually have a harvest!
Thanks for all the info!
Hello Garden Friends!
I HAVE PROGRESS TO REPORT!!!! I’m doing backflips here!
LEGUMES seem to be turning around!!! My ethereal snow pea plant, bless its brave little heart, actually produced 3 pods for me! What I’m most pleased about, is that there seems to be a snow pea vine that is starting from it that is a healthy green.
The garden beans are blooming and one of the Great White Northern plants seems to be surviving and producing a pod.
The Black Turtles continue blooming and staying green.
Thanks to all who have commiserated with me on this issue.
DarthReardon suggested I should pollinate my scallop squash myself. I set out to try that this morning, and I had one lovely male blossom, but no other blossoms at all, so I’ll have to hope I may have an opportunity later to do that.
The straight neck squash that I reported growing is still developing, so it looks like the neem and killer soap have done the trick beating back the hoards. I’m keeping an eye on it and hope to pick the little guy if things progress like they are, in a day or two!
Oh, joy! Continuing prayers up for your continuing garden success!