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i was really thinking taday about the fact i have had cuc. bettles and squash bugs. i decided to ask my two neighbors if they had any of the problems i was having comparing zuccuni??1 plant out of three of my plants had died from squash bugs. my neighbors had zero holes and zero insects they used no sevin or any insecticides. i was thinking what do i do that they don't do i then i came to the conclusion that i use dog manure and they don't. does dog manure attract these insects becsuse of the soil after it is mixedor what is happening to attract these bugs . also with my leaves all wilted will my plant come back or should i just rip it out.

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ryan

7/3/2002 8:48:07 PM

New Hampshire

thats just gross...are you using dog manure on purpose?

7/3/2002 10:20:51 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Dog Manure? meat eater. NG

7/3/2002 10:45:09 PM

Sask, Canada

LMAO in Saskatchewan

7/3/2002 11:32:06 PM

Indiana

AG's have a higer sugar content in the plant, making them "sweeter" to the bugs. That is why you get all the bugs and they don't.
Tom Beachy

7/4/2002 12:21:42 AM

Deer Park WA

I think the doggie doo doo invites DEZEEZ (sp), and weakens the plant so it is more suseptable to insect invasions. I could be wrong, but at least compost the crap out of it for a few seasons. If it smells really bad don't throw it in the garden. Compost smells "sweet".

7/4/2002 2:06:19 AM

Deer Park WA

Oh Yea, LAMO

7/4/2002 2:08:14 AM

Canton,Mass

Dog crap? That is soooooooo wrong.

7/4/2002 9:08:01 AM

Greencastle, PA

down with dog crap. vote composted cow crap.

7/4/2002 10:09:26 AM

Stony Plain, Alberta (near Edmonton)

Doggee doo? I don't think so.....
Unless you're running a dog kennel, how can you every get enough of it? It MUST be well rotted and composted, like any other manure before using. Let's see, there's a zoo near here that has the following critters: Polar bears, tigers, leopards, camels, rhinos, and a few others. I would go for any bovine that eats vegetation.
There's also a couple of game ranches that raise elk, deer and bison But dog? no no! Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree!

Dave

7/4/2002 11:17:24 AM

No Place Special

hey Plump, don't listen to these crazy guys. How will you ever know if you don't try???? As a matter of fact, I have been throwing dog crap on my patch all yr. Tilled it in a few times, and still throw it on and plan to continue to throw it on. I don't have a kennel, or a large suply of it, just have 2.5 dogs and honestly its an easy and convinent place to pitch it. I have had NO bug problems this yr and in my opinion, my plants couldn't be better. Mike

7/4/2002 9:09:34 PM

Greencastle, PA

how the hell do you have .5 of a dog? The reason that dogcrap is bad is because it's got a lot of bacteria in it.
Tom

7/4/2002 10:56:29 PM

my wife runs a small kennel at the house,about thirty dogs plus we own 7.5 dogs and produce a 5 gal pail of waste per day and it goes into the dumpster..it can be composted but with the junk in dog foods and the risk of disease,and then there are dung beetles to contend with its best to kiss it goodbye..

7/5/2002 4:15:13 AM

No Place Special

.5 ='s one dog is here part or .5 of the time.

7/7/2002 1:35:37 PM