This is just an observation on the cucumber beetles last year. My neighbor
who burned wood to heat and spread the ash on his garden for a number of
years had no squash or cucumber beetle problems while my "newly converted
from sod" garden plot also of silty clay loam was overrun with both squash
and cucumber beetles. Guess who is spreading wood ash on his garden now?
Mike Miller
>Hello All,
>
>I am looking for some ideas for managing pests of pumpkin and winter squash
>in Virginia in an organic way. I am particularly interested in anybody's
>experience with corn gluten meal vs straw for weed suppression and also
>methods of controling cucumber beetles, squash vine borers, and powdery
>mildew. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks for your time.
>
>
>Peter L. Warren
>Extension Agent, Integrated Pest Management
>Virginia Cooperative Extension
>P.O. Box 30, Orange, VA 22960
>phone: (540)672-1361 fax: (540)672-0234
>email: plwarren@vt.edu web: http://www.ext.vt.edu/offices/orange
>
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