Today's lesson was all about bugs. Ms Chris Veach and the young gardeners inspected the plants and identified lots of bugs, both good and bad.
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| Ms Chris and gardeners looking for bugs |
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| aphids and lady beetle pupa and larva on squash leaf |
We've got lots of ladybugs, which are beneficial. They are there because of the aphids. We also found striped and spotted cucumber beetles and some squash bugs, both mature and immature. We lost another squash plant to bacterial wilt, probably spread by the cucumber beetles.
In spite of the bugs and the heat and drought we harvested several pounds of produce - squash, zucchini and okra. The young gardeners took some home, and the rest was donated to a local food bank.
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