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this is the same as I posted in the other board of website, I'm just anxious to figure out what is wrong and try to fix. Thanks,
Mike ....... AKA Kygrower
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i'm having problems with my 845 Nesbitt. I've posted pictures in diary with questions.

Here is the questions from my diary:

This and the next 4 pictures are of my 845 nesbitt.These first three are of the plant, the next two after that are of some brown tiny like "eggs" i found on one of the leaves on a secondary. What are those brown things? I've noticed the last few days that the secondaries have been out growing the main. No problems with the main that I can find. The plant has been healthy from the get go. I come home today at 2:00 and find the plants leaves wilted over and drooping badly. Today the temp is the coolest in 4 days at only 80 degrees. I went for the water and gave it a shower anyway. It "perked" up a little. Only thing new i've done is 3 days ago it got some fish emul. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Any ideas on the wilted and droopy leaves?
What are those tiny brown "egg" things I found on the leaves?

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, I have a real cheap pen cam (only way for me to get pics on computer right now).

Thanks for any ideas on what the problems are and any suggestions to save my plant!

7/11/2003 9:26:06 PM

Southeast

To my best knowledge it looks like squash vine boreres nboth the problem and the eggs. Bury everything, keep a sprinkler on a time system. Remove the boreres from the vines. One year I got 400 lbs with the the stump completely severed from main. You can inject the vines with insecticide as well if you can get a syringe. Dave

7/12/2003 7:11:02 AM

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David,

Used hypodermic needles? Have you done this? How's it work? I've not the need, but think about it once a day of you know what I mean. Can't help but want to fool around with PGR's this way. Concerned for local tissue injury though.

Mike,

I'd get a full blown systemic insecticide on those other plants IMMEDIATELY. The Nesbitt could be a goner now. But to lose the others would really hurt. Merit is the best. But not the fastest. Dimethoate or Acephate ASAP on the foliage & Merit on the rootzone all in the same day (today)if it were me.

Look carefully for the borer holes first though. If a major soile borne root disease is the cause, then this advisory is worthless.

Steve

7/12/2003 7:20:45 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Let a low flow slow sprinkler running all day over the plant. I do from noon till 7 pm.

Don

7/12/2003 7:48:14 AM

New York

Those brown eggs are from a squash bug...they usually lay their eggs in a similar pattern under the leaves. Small gray bugs hatch from the eggs and suck the sap from the leaves which can cause damage. I've always considered them to be the least dangerous when compared to vine borers, aphids, and cucumber beetles. I've never lost a plant to them...and I'm talking about hundreds on a plant at seasons end..especially on plants I've given up on. They can make a leaf look "old" before it's time due to their feeding. I don't know about potential disease spreading with them though.

7/12/2003 8:12:16 AM