Gardening and Horticulture - Wilting Squash Leaves

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DOG PAWS
06-07-02, 08:21 PM
My squash plants have a few leaves that have turned a dark green and are wilting. Is this a disease or a bug?
Also, I once found a web site that showed pictures of problems that vegetables contract and the recommended cures. Since my last crash, I have not been able to find the same site. Any suggestions?
Thanks

twelvepole
06-07-02, 08:30 PM
Have you seen any squash bugs?
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2141.html

You can also split a stem of one of the wilted leaves and look for the squash vine borer, a white worm about an inch long.

Cucumber beetles carry bacterial wilt.

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/veg/ef314.htm

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/hortcrop/pp656w.htm

http://www.vegetablegrowersnews.com/pages/2000/issue00_07/00_07_squash_borer.html

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/newsrel/2001/may01/may0101.html
DOG PAWS
06-08-02, 07:46 AM
Twelvepole
Thanks for the quick reply. I did see a mess of squash bugs last year just before the plants suddenly died. I was hoping to avoid the use of insecticide but I guess it's either take one's lumps or spray.
The web sites you provided were exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again