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Tuesday, June 04, 2024
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Andy W
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Western NY
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I saw my first cucumber beetle here on June 1. I haven't seen another since that one but would expect to with the heat today. This is the latest first arrival that I can remember in a long time. The only thing I can attribute it to is that everywhere I grew pumpkins last year was planted into a cover crop mix last fall, and now looks like this. Winter rye, peas, vetch, and a little clover mix. It's over 6 feet tall and will be knocked down soon. Perhaps the cover crop has just kept the soil cooler and delayed the inevitable, we'll see.
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