“OH horrors of horrors, you murderer you.”
LOL!
I KNOW!!! Isn’t it just AWFUL??!!!
I found that neem oil does seem to help with the driving away the squash bugs....but I’ve not done very well with my squash growing, so I am not really one to talk. I just know that when I have sprayed it on them they run for the hills!
I think my squash problems are not the larger bugs, but perhaps something smaller. I get blooms but no fruit.
We did too. When I watered the big bugs came up, but there were a lot of little black things down close to the ground.
I sprayed with organic, and it didn’t do any good. So if I grow them again, and I will, I’ll use Neem oil next time.
Just pulled my mini carrots, some were really mini, but I’ll use those in our salad. The larger ones will go in the stew
of leftovers, we’ll have tonight.
I have a used “self watering” pot and I’m going to do some turnips in it.
My wolf tomato bit the dust, so out it will come, when I
finish the other stuff. My green pepper has buds and a couple of little peppers. My chinese mixed “showoff” peppers have a couple of tiny purple peppers, and a bunch of buds. I’ll plant them again, they’re so cute.
I wonder if we can mix neem oil in the ground around the squash plants? Anyone ever done that?
Not sure if anyone answered your problem with squash blooms , but no fruiting.
I think the problem may be pollination ( or maybe use of 'need oil' ..? )
The first blooms on squash plants are male (stamins) , followed later by female blooms (ova) .
You can become the little 'botony bee' by using a fine hair brush , and gathering fresh pollen from the male on the brush.
Then look for a flowering bloom that has a slight bulb (ova)right behind the bloom petals ,and dust lightly with the stamin dust.
Within 2-4 days, you should see the bulb ( ova )begin to double in size .
Vegetable matures in 20 - 45+ days depending on vegetable variety .
Generally this procedure is more productive with musical accompanyment : I reccommend "Flight of the Bumble-bee" by Rimsky-Korsakov :
black slacks with yellow shirt is optional , but humming is recommended .