How to Outsmart the Squash Borer

The dreaded squash borer doesn’t have to squash your summer cucurbits. Overcome this fearsome foe with one of these tested techniques. Image by Nick Collins from Pixabay How to Outsmart the Squash Borer Do you grow summer squash. Do your plants go crazy and produce so much squash that you run out of friends and neighbors willing to take any more excess squash off your hands. If so, you do not need to worry your pretty little head over this painful tale. In fact, stop reading now, lest you have horrible nightmares. Dig up your recipe for Zucchini Surprise, and go in peace. The rest of us, however, must face off with the notorious squash borer (a. squash vine borer and zucchini vine borer). This nemesis drives the gentle backyard gardener to become a warring desperado every spring in the battlefields of the Borer Wars. We must reach deep to discover just how much abuse we are willing to take in the name of those delicate, hard-won trophies—summer squash.