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hamilton,Ontario

Early this morning as I sat with coffee in hand quietly enjoying the looks and size of the pumpkins in the patch I noticed a wee tad o saw dust on a secondary vine as I approached I knew it was them "THE ENEMY"....I quickly ran for the Mialthaon and sprayed the hole..within seconds I had my first Vine Borer of the year...I have been listenening to everyone and spraying regularly...WHY WHY WHY every year I get hit with these little fu....... Ok so after the extraction I mixed 7 ml of Mialathon with 3 ml of Sevin to 2 liters of water I sprayed all other vines my question is Now what...was the mixture stong enough???...can I get in to the others if there are more..My garden is only 4 feet by around 14 feet..I dont wanna kill of the plant with pesticide however I dont wanna not kill those Vine borer..Any help from anyone will be appreciated......keep in mind with the limited space I have The vines are a little bit of a mess........HELP ME PLEASE!!

8/1/2005 9:43:16 AM

Canada

Yup I kept up this year with every 10 days of sevin sprays
I guess I should have been useing Ambush for better coverage as they killed 3 of my plants and effected my last plant ( only 2 of them ) I ended up useing a sharp
razor and makeing an 2" long cut in the main vine ( 2 different locations) and pulling them out with the tip of the blade, I then applied garden sulphur and allowed the slice to heal in the sun for a day then i burried the entire vine and all secondarys with peat moss and watered the plant well, That was on saturday and plant seems to be ok

Good luck

Dave

8/1/2005 11:37:15 AM

I don't understand. Everyone in Southern Ontario claims to have seen or been attacked by the SVB. I am in the center of Southern Ontario and in a heavy agricultural area where there should be lots, but I haven't seen one? Even spotting a Cuke beetle is rare now. I have had sevin sprayed on my plants weekly or every two weeks, and that keeps them away.

8/1/2005 12:50:33 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

Be careful with the Malathion....too strong and you'll nuke the plant!

8/1/2005 5:27:31 PM

Follansbee, Wv

I have yet to see an SVB moth, but did dig a larva out of a leaf stalk yesterday. It bored into the stalk at the base of the leaf and fell to the bottom of the stalk. Fortunately, I noticed the leaf wilting on one side and cut it off. Little buggar never made it into the vine. Lesson learned: burying vines won't keep them out. Spray, Spray, Spray...and drench too ;)

8/1/2005 6:06:07 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Same we me here up in Thornton. No sign of either of the bastards.

8/1/2005 9:23:30 PM