Here's how to get rid of squash vine borers without pesticides and stop them from coming back. Found throughout North America, squash vine borers (Melittia cucurbitae) are a type of clearwing moth ...

Growing summer squash like zucchini and yellow crookneck is a hallmark of western Pennsylvania gardens. Many of us have been either the benefactor or recipient of a grocery bag of extra zucchini, ...

Gardeners are made of tough stuff. We manage a brave smile when our seedlings get nibbled, our leaves go spotty and the blessed groundhogs help themselves to our harvest. But there is one affliction ...

Two harmful pests of squash and pumpkins are squash bugs and the squash vine borer. Both will kill plants and are difficult to control. Adult squash bugs are a mottled charcoal gray color. They are ...

STEMMING THE PROBLEM: Squash vine borers kill squash plants by burrowing into their stems. A few preventive measures can save gardens from a squashless growing season. Photo by Chloe Lieberman Your ...

The squash vine borer victimizes summer & winter squashes, as well as pumpkins. So here is their routine. The adult lays eggs near or on the crown of the plant. After they hatch, the larvae burrow ...

Q: Our yellow squash (and the neighbor's, too) have all been eaten alive by what we call the dreaded "squash worm." It digs itself into the vine and eats it hollow. I pulled most of two plants, but ...

Q: Thanks for your recent tips on squash borers; I’ll definitely try foil on the stems. For us, this is a problem with summer squash; winter squash like butternuts seem to have harder stems. We rarely ...

Question: Every summer, I get a few zucchinis and then the plant dies. What’s wrong? Answer: Although some may welcome the early death of zucchinis to spare everyone from the onslaught of fruit ...