As I was cutting off a few eggplant today to take over to the neighbors, I found some squash bug eggs underneath one of the leaves. I don't know if the squash bug got lost or what. So far the eggplants are the only thing that haven't been affected by bugs at all (I've only lost one pepper to a caterpillar).
The tomato plants are looking pretty bad again. I'm not sure if its wilt or more spider mites. The leaves are turning yellow and curling up. I don't think I'm getting any new tomatoes, but the green ones are ripening.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A New Enemy
When I got home yesterday after four days away from the garden I (not surprisingly) found the squash bugs had taken advantage of the lull in attacks and had multiplied. There were adult bugs, baby bugs, eggs. Ugh. I have found that spraying water on the bottoms of the plants drives the bugs up the leaves where they are easier to grab and squish. Yes, I mean between the thumb and pointer finger, squish. (I've read they stink when you squish them, but I haven't noticed. I also haven't exactly been sniffing.)
At least at this point the squash bugs feel like a known enemy. Now though, I have an unknown enemy to deal with. When I was looking for the squash bugs I started noticing a lot of tiny yellow bugs. At first I thought they were little yellow eggs, but some of them definitely moved. I don't know what they are.
To add insult to injury, all of the little growing zucchini have rotted too.
At least at this point the squash bugs feel like a known enemy. Now though, I have an unknown enemy to deal with. When I was looking for the squash bugs I started noticing a lot of tiny yellow bugs. At first I thought they were little yellow eggs, but some of them definitely moved. I don't know what they are.
To add insult to injury, all of the little growing zucchini have rotted too.
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