Well, that’s it folks. The zucchini hosted the last worm it could stand. Looked pretty bad the last few days. I tried to save it again–found three or more worms in the stalk about 3 or 4 days ago. I dug them out with a sharp stick, shot the thing full of BT worm, gave it some shade…but it was too much. Must have been about the fifth or sixth time the stalk had been invaded. When I pulled up the plant, the inside was mostly hollowed out. I’m amazed the thing produced as long as it did. Just goes to show that if you work at it–cut off infected leaves and leaf stalks, keep it very well watered, scrape any eggs off that you can–and inject the stalk with BT worm killer periodicallly, you can have squash for months. I think the first infection happened in May on my plant–it’s July 23, 2008. I had 3 squash per week the entire time. This week I got one, and I was pretty sure it would be my last…

For more info on the squash borer, here’s the orginal article with pictures of the moth and eggs.

Next year, I think I’ll try that white, winter squash. I’m sure I’ll have the same problem, but I’ve always liked that squash…