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Bugs to blame for dead squash: too many bad or too few good Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Most people are growing either summer crookneck or zucchinis (pictured). Stuggling squash plants may be being ruined by squash vine borers or squash bugs, or if only the fruit is dying, it could even be something as simple as failure to be pollinated due to lack of bees.San Francisco Chronicle file photo Q: Every year I try to grow squash, but the plants die before producing their fruit. What am I missing? A: Without a few more key facts, I’m going to just list some possibilities and let you do th...

Neil Sperry's tips to preparing a raised garden bed Jan. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail When preparing a raised garden bed, Neil Sperry recommends adding 2 inches of sphagnum peat moss and 1 inch each of finely ground pine bark mulch, well-rotted manure and decomposed compost.Courtesy photo Q: I need help preparing my raised bed gardens’ soil. Each January when I rototill, I have to break it open with a pick, then rent a mid-size tiller to loosen it enough to mix in a purchased blend of composted topsoil, manure compost, red sand and aged sawdust. I also add a yard of my own decomposed compo...

Neil Sperry: Brown patch in the fall leaves lawn ugly all winter Jan. 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This is a great example of how a lawn looks in mid-winter when brown patch has hit in the the prior fall.Courtesy photo Q: My lawn looks terrible. It has these patches all over it. What is the problem, and what can I do about it? A: This is a great example of how a lawn looks in mid-winter when brown patch hit in the fall. Brown patch attacks the leaf blades and causes them to turn yellow, then brown. The fungus attacks the blades where they attach to the runners. Only the blades are affected.