Oh no! I’ll have to keep a sharp eye on my plants for borer signs. I planted the TdiA’s & Cucuzza thinking they were not affected (or ‘as’ affected) by squash bugs - so far so good. I was worried about the deer munching on them, but the leaves seem to be a little “fuzzy” and deer don’t like ‘texture’ so maybe they’ll be ok. The neighbor had a predator call going for coyotes the other day - I’m wondering if he saw coyote sign or was just playing with a new toy. If the coyotes are back (last summer we had a pack of ‘em) the deer will be scarce.
One of my Trombettas has been lurking on the ground and this morning when I went out to check on things, I think it had grown about 8 inches more out to the side (in one day!). I grabbed it to see if I could get it on the fence and the whole things sort of unfolded into a very long plant! I got one of my handy dandy bungee cords and bungeed it up and to the fence. It should grab on in a day or so and be a climber - it was loaded with climbing tendrils.
The cucuzza has added yet another leaf plus a couple of tendrils and is looking for something to climb. We’re 90+ today & the rest of the week until Saturday so I’m still leaving up the “shade” bag until the weekend. By that time, the cucuzza should be big enough to grab the fence and “fee fi fo fum” style climbing should begin!
Exactly. The other day I even saw the reddish wings of an SVB moth, but it was flying so fast I didn't know that's what it was. I saw a guy on youtube, with his "had survived borers six weeks" zucchini plant, and he said he just scraped away the friss, and shot insectisidal soap into the hole on the plant.
I have to laugh at myself as the high hopes of Spring make way for the buggy reality of Summer.