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Lexington, Ky

The next time I hear someone say we won't have much of a bug problem this year coming off a brutal cold winter will get punched in the mouth. If I see someone post this, they will get a virtual punch in the mouth. Apparently the bugs in my neck of the woods have been waiting on a cold winter, they're having a banner year.

But I hardly have any weeds this year....hmmmmmm.....lmao.

7/21/2014 1:29:56 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

lol, seems the -10 we had one day in January just pissed ours off here too. Vine borers are awful this year. They have to be on their 3rd cycle.

7/21/2014 2:05:24 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Cold winters in Kentucky and Missouri aren't like cold winters in Iowa and farther north. Quite a few days of -20 and colder. So far I have seen only 1 Japanese beetle, and no cucumber beetles or squash bugs. Deer flies and skeeters are another story. After all the rain they will try to carry you away.

7/21/2014 3:15:36 PM

Lexington, Ky

I am thinking about building a 20L x 20W x 6H screened structure over a plant or two next year. I have lost 4 plants to YVD this year.....

7/21/2014 4:45:23 PM

Muddy Waters

The mosquitos are terrible this year,I guess all the snow melting created a lot of standing water for breeding.How ever cuc beettles are real low.The Svbs are low in count.I bet there wont be many bugs this winter.lol

7/22/2014 6:07:23 AM

Holton, Michigan

Ugh...... I can only dream about growing without squash bugs. Kill them all.

7/22/2014 10:22:49 AM

Hinckley MN

cold is relative. water pipes and sewers were freezing 15 ft deep along roads, but under 3 ft of early snow, the ground wasn't even frozen in the fields this winter. I don't think anyone south of I-80 has a winter, y'all just have a long fall. ;-)

7/22/2014 12:31:15 PM

Joliet, IL

bug pressure very low this year....so far....one of coldest winters on record here....one mile north of I-80....lol

7/22/2014 12:48:43 PM

Bethlehem CT

Over the 30 plus years I have been growing, I see no correlation between the severity of the winter and the population of insect pests. "Plant a garden and they (The insects) will come."

7/27/2014 8:49:55 AM

Bethlehem CT

Sorry I didn't mean to sound so gruff.

7/27/2014 9:12:28 AM