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| This is my first year trying to grow some winter squashes. I'm going to try Early Acorn Hybrid & Autumn Glow Butternut, both from Burpee. Both of these are supposed to be compact, so I wasn't planning on using a trellis with them. I've been gathering up info on growing squash. One thing I read - and now I can't find the source - is that to prevent squash vine borers is to lay a piece of foil on the soil around the stem. It said "The vine borer works by laying its eggs on the soil at the base of the stem. When the eggs hatch, the larvae crawl to the stem and bore their way in. They don't travel too far up the stem to do this, so the above control should work." I have no idea if this works or not. Any comments? I think I'll give this a try since foil is cheap. |
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