I had squash vine borers on my pumpkin plants one year. They were growing in a raised bed garden, too high off the ground to cover the slits in the vines. So, I slit the vines, dug out and killed the worm, and duct taped the slits shut. It worked. Got 2 40-50 pound pumpkins out of the patch.
I had squash vine borers on my pumpkin plants one year. They were growing in a raised bed garden, too high off the ground to cover the slits in the vines. So, I slit the vines, dug out and killed the worm, and duct taped the slits shut. It worked. Got 2 40-50 pound pumpkins out of the patch.