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Minnesota

I was barring vines today and there was a inch and a half caterpiller looking bug I later learned was a vine borer. What are a few remedy's to get rid of? Is Sevin used? and soil soups that can kill them.

7/5/2008 2:47:23 PM

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Richard, Sevin does not work on vine borers as I learned last year. Try this: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/bifen-it-p-226.html

7/5/2008 2:59:00 PM

Elmira, N,Y,

i would like to get some but their site says NOT FOR SALE TO: MA, NY, CT, SC, VT, HI, AK. howdo i still get it then.

7/5/2008 3:34:19 PM

hamilton,Ontario

past replies say "ambusg"...search vine borers you will learn alot...

7/5/2008 4:28:29 PM

Minnesota

I went out and bought some fruit tree spray, it has (spelling) malatian in it, acording to http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/pims/current.com they say it will kill the borers.

7/5/2008 5:02:26 PM

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That site shows what the stuff is, if you can find products with those ingredients in it, you should be fine.

7/5/2008 8:52:23 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

Bayer advanced = Imidichloprid.
You should be able to find it at any DIY such as LOWES or Home DePot. It is systemic and NOT to be used on or around anything that is to be eaten.

7/6/2008 7:34:07 AM

Minnesota

I ment to say the info I got came from, Cornell cooperative extension-suffolk county. Insect and plant disease diagnostic laboratory

7/6/2008 12:22:23 PM

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Imidacloprid is Restricted Use in NY & maybe a few other states but Minnesota should be OK. Its a little late to expect Imidacloprid to work though. I'd recommend probing the vines carefully to pierce their bodies without too much vine destruction.

7/6/2008 1:12:43 PM

Pataskala,OH

Richard B, was the grub in the soil or in the vine, if it was just in the soil ,its something else

7/6/2008 1:23:18 PM

Minnesota

It was in the soil, are you sure? Well what else could it be? it was in the soil, between a secondary and the main, I do have corn right next to the pumpkin plant for wind break, maybe its a kind of grub worm after my corn.

7/6/2008 2:22:04 PM

Pataskala,OH

I would still spray regardless , but borers usually stay in the vine.

7/6/2008 5:49:09 PM

Oz

There is a grub,that looks like an SVB.
It eats the roots of grass.
SVB's will leave the host plant after chewing it to death.
They spend the winter in the ground.
With all the crazy weather,you may be having a second batch of SVBS.
If you do not see any "pumpkin snot" coming out of any wound spots near the base of leaves,they are probably the grass root eaters.

7/7/2008 11:44:06 AM

Minnesota

O'K, Thanks

7/7/2008 2:25:40 PM