Diseases & insects of the home garden . 18 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 35, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Fig. 2G.—Tlie common squash bug: a, h, c, d, e, partly grown young; /, full-grown bug; g, eggs. Enlarged. Treatment.—When the borers attack , it is ahiiost impossibleto kill them without killing the plants. The borers may be cut out ofsquash vines by slitting the stems of the vines lengthwise. After makingthe slit, portions of the vines should be covered. Help the plant to growextra roots by covering damaged stems with earth. Keep the plantsgrowing vigorously, and free from other ins
Diseases & insects of the home garden . 18 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 35, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Fig. 2G.—Tlie common squash bug: a, h, c, d, e, partly grown young; /, full-grown bug; g, eggs. Enlarged. Treatment.—When the borers attack , it is ahiiost impossibleto kill them without killing the plants. The borers may be cut out ofsquash vines by slitting the stems of the vines lengthwise. After makingthe slit, portions of the vines should be covered. Help the plant to growextra roots by covering damaged stems with earth. Keep the plantsgrowing vigorously, and free from other insects and diseases. Prevention.—Plant early squash for a trap. Harrow the garden lightlyin the fall, and plow deeply in the spring to keep the moths from comingout. The dead vines and old plants should be destroyed as soon as the crop is gathered. ONIONS SMUT. — S m u tcauses the young onion])lants to die dead leaves arecovered with pimplesfull of black disease lives overwinter in the soil. Treatment. — Thereis no successful rem-edy for sick plants. Fig. 27.—Squas
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