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Old August 30, 2018   #40
Raiquee
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4seasons- that's interesting as I have a HUGE diacon patch that butts up with my squash patch and nope! One of my worst years!

I make sure to pull plants and burn them, then I burn the soil (think flame weeding). Get's rid of leaf litter that they like to hide in, but also kills any bugs in the soil that I can't see easily. (I do this all together, so pull plants and burn them, and any bugs that have fallen off get torched). We then till and re-flame to get any fallen eggs, etc.

I'm not sure what normal egg laying cycle is, but I found them on my squash plants early July and there are still eggs out there today. I've flown the white flag for this year, but next year i'm going to fight back harder.

I had a good run with potato beetles too, and I feel like I won that fight this year! (Yay!)
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