Sunday, May 26, 2013

Squash Blossom End Rot

Due to my bout with "Fibromalgia" yesterday and today my update was delayed.  I checked my squash and the "Tumms" trick seems to be helping. Yea!  The blossoms on the squash are falling as they are suppose to, before the squash gets more that 2-3 inches long.  And the black rotten ends have diminished greatly.  I have to now be diligent in the amount of water they are receiving because this also will effect the quality of the squash.  Too much = rotten ends.  Too little = arrested development.   I also have to figure and effective way to rid them of leaf hoppers, you know the little burgundy bugs with red stripes that hop from leaf to leaf.  So far they haven't really hurt the squash plants except for a few holes in the leaves, and I don't think that these are the ones that lay eggs that become the worms that bore into the hollow stems of the squash vine and kill them..    I haven't seen any eggs on the undersides of the leaves. Stay tuned...... 

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