Busted! Squash Bugs! · DIY Gardening

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Busted! Squash Bugs!

Tonight I was really out there watering my gardens good as the next three days are going to be in the mid to upper 90° temps. Wanted to make sure the beds were good and ready for the heat. While checking over the squash plants I noticed holes. They appeared after some big storms we had so didn’t think a lot about it though I would lift leaves and check for bugs. Wasn’t really sure what I was truly looking for, but would take pics of anything I found and google good or bad. Well, tonight a discovered about four leaves with clusters of eggs on them and saw a bug so grabbed my camera and kept playing with it until I got a good pic of it. He kept moving around the trellis and went to hang with his two best of buddies! I finally know what a squash bug looks like!

I removed the leaves with the eggs and tossed them in the trash which will be going out to the curb tomorrow morning and taken to the local dump…. My husband’s ex wife, whom I have become very good friends with had just today sent a box of things over that had been in her dad’s garage. A bottle of eco friendly plant soap and two containers of Seven! Perfect timing. The plants have all been dusted! But not before spraying the bugs with the plant soap. lol.

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Busted! Squash Bugs!