Beginner Gardening: 2015 Grow-Along Challenge: Squash Wars - Roll Call!, 1 by emcars

emcars wrote:
I am finally able to get out into my gardens! We have had torrential rains and flooding here in Dundee, and my backyard has been a wetland for a few weeks! My first Candy Roaster baby stopped growing and fell off. I think it was probably due to the attack of the striped cucumber beetles in combination with the swamp that was my garden. Now there is a new baby, the water is all soaked into the ground, I have fertilized, and applied nematodes and DE around the leaves and base of the plant. I was trying to not have to use the DE because I don't want to kill beneficial insects, but the beetles are out of control! Any organic insecticides out there that are effective for cucumber beetles and squash bugs? I am pretty sure that I saw my first squash bug today. This little baby squash gives me hope, though, haha :)

This message was edited Jul 5, 2015 7:44 PM