My first and only zucchini plant kept dropping fruit after flowering. I performed surgery and finally got my first successful harvest! Feeling very proud 🥰
Swipe for surgery photos haha
by Alone_Ad3341
20 Comments
freethenipple420
Got the little fucker haha, nice harvest.
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How can you even tell where to extract this guy from?
These_Gas9381
How long between surgery and successful harvest,
Acrobatic-Depth5106
I hate those things in every way. Congrats on your victory.
VegetableRound2819
Anyone else hearing victorious music?
HikingFun4
That’s awesome. I did this last year (successful plant surgery). May your plant continue to thrive!
marm_alarm
Congrats! Looks like a delicious zucchini!
spaetzlechick
Good job! Keep your eyes open. There’s usually more than one moth and one egg… sorry to say!
BuffaloSabresWinger
Nice job! Enjoy your bounty. I hate those suckers!
Did the same about a week ago. I felt like Clooney performing life saving surgery. I prevailed.
EmosewaRechaet
Awesome!!!!
84millionants
Thank you for changing us.
SVB 10,356, r/vegetablegardening 1!
markbroncco
Those vine borers are brutal. I lost all my squash last year because of them, but this year I did the same thing and managed to save a couple plants. Feels awesome to finally beat those little sucker!
Susiejax
Bravo!
semperfi9964
Congrats!
Butterflyhornet
I powdered the stems and root surfaces with diatomaceous earth when I saw the moths flying around. I figuredit would get most of the larvae as they hatched and tried to get into the leaves. I also killed a couple as they landed to lay eggs. So far the vines are still alive and producing.
Diatomaceous earth and slug bait were the only pesticides I’ve needed to use so far this season. For the most part I try to go pesticide free.
Also I remove flagging and yellowing leaves as they happen. My hope is this catches the borer larvae that are in the leaf stems.
E-macularius
That’s interesting as hell. I had no idea this is a situation that could be remedied but lookie here you did it! Way to go!
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Got the little fucker haha, nice harvest.
How can you even tell where to extract this guy from?
How long between surgery and successful harvest,
I hate those things in every way. Congrats on your victory.
Anyone else hearing victorious music?
That’s awesome. I did this last year (successful plant surgery). May your plant continue to thrive!
Congrats! Looks like a delicious zucchini!
Good job! Keep your eyes open. There’s usually more than one moth and one egg… sorry to say!
Nice job! Enjoy your bounty. I hate those suckers!
Dang nice work!!
https://preview.redd.it/q2rirch9ghif1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b78ad5a6e1a2a4281a8d72c991730e5812545f46
Did the same about a week ago. I felt like Clooney performing life saving surgery. I prevailed.
Awesome!!!!
Thank you for changing us.
SVB 10,356, r/vegetablegardening 1!
Those vine borers are brutal. I lost all my squash last year because of them, but this year I did the same thing and managed to save a couple plants. Feels awesome to finally beat those little sucker!
Bravo!
Congrats!
I powdered the stems and root surfaces with diatomaceous earth when I saw the moths flying around. I figuredit would get most of the larvae as they hatched and tried to get into the leaves. I also killed a couple as they landed to lay eggs. So far the vines are still alive and producing.
Diatomaceous earth and slug bait were the only pesticides I’ve needed to use so far this season. For the most part I try to go pesticide free.
Also I remove flagging and yellowing leaves as they happen. My hope is this catches the borer larvae that are in the leaf stems.
That’s interesting as hell. I had no idea this is a situation that could be remedied but lookie here you did it! Way to go!
This gives me hope
Quite the literal “surgical strike”.