Squash bugs can wipe out your zucchini and squash plants almost overnight. These persistent pests damage leaves, stunt growth, ...

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Learn to identify common culprits damaging your plants. Discover what insects could be eating your plants and how to stop it.

Cucumber beetles can destroy your garden fast. Learn how to get rid of them—and stop them from coming back—with these simple ...

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Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...

Both striped and spotted cucumber beetles chew on their namesake plants, ... Although tilling the soil in fall or spring can kill overwintering beetles, ...

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They’ll chew holes in leaves, eventually killing the plant. Control cucumber beetles with good hygiene and vigilance. Clean up the garden at the end of the season and keep it neat.

Are cucumber beetles going to spread bacterial wilt to vines so they die when setting fruit? This is the time of year Extension is asked if there is anything to apply to soil to kill insects and ...

Managing cucumber beetles is important because they transmit plant diseases as well as causing feeding damage. Other common pests of cucumbers include aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, pickleworms ...