Ants eating zucchini flowers?
Newatthis22
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Ants vs. Zucchini flowers
Comments (9)I have a good number of ants in my flowers too and they haven't hurt fruit production at all. There are a ton of different kinds of ants so YMMV but they are fine in mine..they are a bit of a pain to get out of the flowers when I want to eat the blossoms themselves....See MoreWhat is eating my zucchini flower buds?
Comments (3)My guess is deer. Slugs don't eat that way. Deer will eat flowers and do not touch leaves especially if he is not that hungry and the leaves are not so tender....See MoreHelp! Grubs eating zucchini from the inside!
Comments (18)Nancyjane-I totally agree with the question of whether all that effort is worth it. At this point I'm doing it mainly to satisfy my curiosity about whether it could work, and also trying to discover if the eggs will stop appearing, which will give me a handle on the timing of moth generations where I live, something I have surprisingly been unable to ferret out on the internet. Summer squash were an afterthought this year, I had extra containers and soil and just figured I'd throw some seeds in. I never imagined they'd get so big and healthy looking, but once that happened, I felt like I was on the hook to do what I could to keep them going. I picked the soap and Bt because they looked the least toxic. I can't imagine what commercial growers put on their squash crops to keep this thing from bankrupting them. Probably something I don't really want to know....See MoreWhat are these Ants doing/eating?
Comments (5)I don't see any aphids but lots of scale insects. Scale excrete honeydew, too. It's a bad infestation...I'd pull the plants out by the roots and dispose of them. Borax is a soil toxin.....use only as a contained bait when necessary. Ants, in most instances, shouldn't be considered as a pest, however....See Moredigdirt2
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