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luckysue Columbus, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 13, 2007

All three of my beautiful squash plants are dying and it looks like it is because the main stem is rotting. What would cause this?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Jul 13, 2007

Squash vine borer

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Arias Richmond, VA Jul 13, 2007

Try splitting the main stems, dig out the borer's, and cover the stems with fresh soil. Sometimes, the squash plants recover and go on to produce more squash. It's worth a try. If you don't remove the borer's, the plant will die, it might die anyway, but try removing the borer's first, and mound the soil around the split stems.

Arias

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luckysue Columbus, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 22, 2007

Thanks. I thought I might have watered too much.

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