I've read it is best to leave them on the vine too if possible.
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Originally Posted by brownrexx
I just picked my butternuts yesterday . It is always best to leave them on the vines until the vines die but the squash bugs were getting mine. I would leave them on the vine as long as possible if they are free from animal or insect predators.
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The squash bugs got mine. Some where already starting to die off due to the daily 100+ heat, and I have little doubt that the ground has nematodes. I lost interest in keeping the squash bugs off of them the first week of August. I had planted them outside the garden - I just mowed them a week ago.