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Minnesota

Last year I did'nt get around to spraying for squash vine borers until the middle of July, by then borers had killed a plant or most of it, not this year, I'm ready and it won't be over looked. Is there anything that can easily be overlooked, or forgot that you can think of?

4/22/2010 5:45:37 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Laying some Merit down as you get ready to plant out, to kill off the grubs. Here we are grub to grub 3" down otherwise, and they grow up to be beetles and other ilk.

4/22/2010 6:34:43 PM

Connecticut, USA

Put your greenhouses out early to warm the soil AND to hatch out anything living in the soil weeks or days before putting your plants in or else the new hatch will have something to feed on.

4/22/2010 7:01:42 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

Test fire the handgun and make sure the kevlar still fits are on my agenda. Stevens knows this is true. He's the only one thats been in my patch and lived to tell about it!

4/22/2010 10:09:21 PM

Rhode Island

heres our personal pre-planting check list

FOR REFRESHMENTS
1. clean keg system
2. fire up cooler
3. bring in full keg of beer
4. blow the lines oot
5. hook up the keg lines
6. test a cup or three for quality

FOR THE PATCH
1. test soil in several areas of tyhe patch
2. ammend soil as needed
3. deep till with tractor /tiller
4. put out greenhouses a week or so before planting
5. put plants in ground
6. grow the plants with heat cables and venting as needed
7. watch color of seedlings.not to dark or light
8. spray early season as needed for cuke beetles /borers
9. erect wind fences around plants until sides buried.
10.keep plants moist not saturated-treat with soil drenches
sprays (disease and growth) and ammendments as needed
until seasons end.

4/23/2010 7:37:57 AM

Glosta

I'm on top of the first list Pap. The second list is still a work in progress. Hope I can bring a big one to Frerich's this year.

4/23/2010 8:57:25 AM

Ohio

7. Invite the Boz over to help you get rid of Beer refreshments.

4/23/2010 10:06:30 AM

Somers, CT

Do not spray roundup in the wind. Also, watch your step.

4/23/2010 12:59:00 PM

Bloomington, IN

Keep the growing tip of your main vine under control so it doesn't grow so high into the air it snaps.

4/23/2010 4:50:13 PM

Minnesota

Thanks, I think I'm ready.

4/23/2010 11:31:12 PM