The leaves on my squash plants were damaged by hail. They are intact, but have holes in them now. Dead?

Question

The leaves on my squash plants were damaged by hail. They are intact, but have holes in them now. Will they live? I have spaghettis squash, zucchini and pumpkins...

Answer 1

Squash are tough!! They'll sprout new leaves in no time. If your squash, zucchini & pumpkins are bruised, clean up the bruised area with bleach water & dry. Keep your plants elevated so mud doesn't splash on them to control soil borne diseases like Phytophthora root rot and Pythium.
You can use a reflective plastic mulch for aphid control, It'll disorient the insects and deter them from landing on the plants. Plastic mulch is also beneficial for weed control.
http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/NJsquash.html
Good luck! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I witnessed a hail typhoon accompanied by using snow over in Idaho. The hail have been given right here down for a good 2-4 minutes they have been on the difficulty of the dimensions of a marbles and a few have been golfing ball length, then after the hail typhoon exceeded snow began to return down besides.

Answer 3

They'll be fine, they may look like heck for a few days but they'll recover. Could also have a few bruised pun'kins but you can do some creative carving to cure that when the time comes. RScott