tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post8488523785030022151..comments2024-01-15T00:22:44.159-08:00Comments on Kentucky Fried Garden: Squash Vine Borer Nearly Kills TomatoPhuonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-44320774527563543222016-12-08T14:53:43.220-08:002016-12-08T14:53:43.220-08:00Squash vine borers do not attack tomatoes. However...Squash vine borers do not attack tomatoes. However, stalk borers attack a wide variety of plants, including tomatoes,although they're most serious as a pest of corn. Luckily, they're not that common in home gardens and are an occasional pest that rarely shows up in high numbers. Wireworms also bore into tomatoes sometimes, although they more commonly damage roots.Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-87994419322867777202016-08-14T12:45:07.579-07:002016-08-14T12:45:07.579-07:00Hi Marilyn,
I'm hoping the squash borer in the...Hi Marilyn,<br />I'm hoping the squash borer in the tomato plant was just a one time fluke. They always destroy our squashes as well.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-85097340814536239382016-08-12T07:57:55.530-07:002016-08-12T07:57:55.530-07:00I live in New Hampshire and I was in my garden thi...I live in New Hampshire and I was in my garden this morning and witnessed a squash borer moth laying eggs on my tomatoes and peppers!!!! I fight this horrible beast all summer with my squash, and am quite disheartened to think I could love my tomatoes as well!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932526604273168172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-66736281780806101782016-06-13T20:31:58.582-07:002016-06-13T20:31:58.582-07:00Hi Michelle,
I think it was just a freaky one time...Hi Michelle,<br />I think it was just a freaky one time thing. I've seen pictures of people of cutting out vine borers, no thank you.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-48005453300958531292016-06-13T08:23:24.039-07:002016-06-13T08:23:24.039-07:00I've never heard of anything that bores into t...I've never heard of anything that bores into tomato stalks! Yuck. I hope it was a one time event.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-5442369861779404902016-06-12T07:31:48.098-07:002016-06-12T07:31:48.098-07:00Hi David,
I've heard of pickle worms just from...Hi David,<br />I've heard of pickle worms just from reading online but I never heard of a stalk borer. I thought about cutting the stem open, but decided I really didn't want to come in contact with the borer. Where I grew up we didn't have any kind of borers and I don't remember ever seeing a squash bug before.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-36841473212166828182016-06-12T07:23:59.307-07:002016-06-12T07:23:59.307-07:00Hi Margaret,
Crazy right? I went ahead and replace...Hi Margaret,<br />Crazy right? I went ahead and replaced that plant with another one. It's a variety that hasn't been planted in the garden yet, so it all worked out. Yesterday I saw cabbage moths laying eggs on tomato and pepper plants, just anything they can find really.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-42115943322457767682016-06-12T05:35:52.710-07:002016-06-12T05:35:52.710-07:00I'm surprised that an SVB could attack a tomat...I'm surprised that an SVB could attack a tomato stem, which is solid and fibrous. C. moschata squash like butternut are supposed to be resistant because they have solid stems, not tubular. There are other other things, like maybe a pickle worm or something called a stalk borer? The stalk borer will attack many types of plants but rarely a tomato and are very hard to control. The larvae is cream and purple striped with a large purple band around its middle.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-45845302716359697662016-06-11T19:10:18.869-07:002016-06-11T19:10:18.869-07:00I really had no idea that squash vine borers went ...I really had no idea that squash vine borers went for veg other than squash. That's not good news. At least I don't have to worry about any of the brassicas - mine are all covered otherwise, with the number of cabbage whites we have around here, I'd have little to harvest.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.com