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Phoenix, AZ on Jul 25, 2011

Can anybody tell me how I can save my cucumbers next year from whatever cut down every single one of them this year?

I would check them in the morning and they'd be healthy and fine, when I came from work in the late afternoon, they'd look like the pictures. I live in Phoenix, AZ and I know it's not deer, or anything like that. Not one single cucumber or squash plant survived whatever this was. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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FELICIA W Phoenix, AZ

And I noticed these holes, but I'm not sure if it's related to what's eating or chewing my cucumbers. I don't know what made these holes, I could never see anything going in or out of them. I believe they were made during the day, because they wouldn't be there in the morning, but in the late afternoon when I got home.
The holes are small, maybe the size of a small pinky finger. I don't know how deep they go ...»
because I didn't want to stick my finger in it haha. I did try digging into the holes with a garden shovel, but never found anything. I'm wondering if these are beetle larvae coming out as beetles, and that may also be what was eating my cucumbers?
on Jul 26, 2011 · Like 0