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tjg911 · December 10, 2009

i gave up trying to grow any winter squash other than butternut due to squash vine borers. i can grow zucchini and yellow squash and avoid svb but that's done by planting out plants on the 4th of july which is after their egg laying cycle. but these summer squash have a very short dtm and this works fine. they never are damaged by the svb but this would never work for squash that has a dtm of 80 to 110 days.

i want to try something new next year and i always heard how good delicata and sweet dumpling are. how long are the delicata vines? i am sure they are hollow but do squash vine borers attack them like other winter squash? i ask cuz all the winter squashes i have grown have large diameter vines because the squashes are large (my guess) so i hope the vines are too small in diameter and the svb would ignore them. fat chance.

are there bush varitites? if they grow on a bush there's no hollow vine for the svb to get into.

December 10, 2009	#1
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	delicata squash questions i gave up trying to grow any winter squash other than butternut due to squash vine borers. i can grow zucchini and yellow squash and avoid svb but that's done by planting out plants on the 4th of july which is after their egg laying cycle. but these summer squash have a very short dtm and this works fine. they never are damaged by the svb but this would never work for squash that has a dtm of 80 to 110 days. i want to try something new next year and i always heard how good delicata and sweet dumpling are. how long are the delicata vines? i am sure they are hollow but do squash vine borers attack them like other winter squash? i ask cuz all the winter squashes i have grown have large diameter vines because the squashes are large (my guess) so i hope the vines are too small in diameter and the svb would ignore them. fat chance. are there bush varitites? if they grow on a bush there's no hollow vine for the svb to get into.