The Secret to Beating Summer Garden Worm Pests #garden #vegetablegarden #squash #gardeningtips #grow

Listen up gardeners – Its not you its SUMMER. It is very difficult to grow squash, melons, and cucumbers during the summer because of increased pest pressure (especially worms) for many of us in the southern parts of the United States, zones 8 and up. Please don’t feel discouraged, or like its your fault. I don’t recommend you grow these crops during the summer unless your experienced and are ready to battle the constant influx of pests. If you don’t want to deal with all of that, then grow these crops during the fall and spring when pest pressure is naturally low. I say this because I see tons of posts all over social media from frustrated gardeners. I don’t want anyone having a bad experience that will keep you from continuing your gardening journey. Just know, summer is the most pest pressure intense time of the year and its normal to struggle. Don’t give up!

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It’s summertime if you’re a Florida Gardener or a southern Gardener that deals with very high pest pressure during the summer time you need to hear this if you’re a beginner Gardener and you feel really frustrated that’s probably why it’s not your fault it’s summertime these worms are insane for

One I only grow things in the kirkobita moscata family when it comes to squashes these cultivars have very thick Woody stems and their mature size leaves are not very soft and tender to the liking of all of those worms but they can handle a lot of worm damage before the

Plants actually die so if you want to increase your luck at actually harvesting some squashes please try growing those varieties during the summer also you got to be prepared with the treatments my preference is BT or spinosad now I know if you’re in Florida it’s really hard to spray things because

It rains every single day to check the weather every day and try to find a window some evening where it’s not raining and you could spray s you can grow squash during the summer but just know they do require some extra attention so that you can actually get a harvest