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To: metmom; Diana in Wisconsin

https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/find-the-right-floating-row-cover-for-plant-protection?_pos=9&_sid=28fb2a7b2&_ss=r


36 posted on 10/14/2021 5:14:14 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I do have some of those as well.

The problem is, Brussel sprouts become so tall that the floating rows covers just aren’t going to cut it. That’s why I thought a tomato cage around the Brussel sprout plants wrapped in tulle would work to mechanically keep the cabbage moths etc off the plants.


37 posted on 10/14/2021 5:20:07 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Squash bugs/nymphs....(Not the borers...) probably works on cucumber beetles too.

1/2 cup dawn in 2 gallons of water.. Spray them down with a hand held sprayer in all those places you cant see them! They smother in about 10 min. after 1/2 hour spray your squash with water to get the excess soap off. Have used and it works! Fun to watch the little grey bastards all go still and die!

Cucumber beetles, trap crops. Plant Amaranth or pigweed outside your Squash patch. They prefer it to squash. They also prefer Blue Hubbard to Butternut. plant along the perimeter. (I have not tried these!)


38 posted on 10/14/2021 5:26:36 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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