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cushman350 · April 7, 2011

Last year I found out purely by accident that the Five-Spotted Hawkmoth much prefers to lay her eggs on my wife's Datura plants than my tomatoes. There were many many more eating on the Datura and just a few on the toms. Maybe a stradegy here for sacrificial plant growing.

April 7, 2011	#1
cushman350 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wichita Falls, TX [Tomato Hell] Posts: 99	Use of Other Plants to Attract Away Hornworms Last year I found out purely by accident that the Five-Spotted Hawkmoth much prefers to lay her eggs on my wife's Datura plants than my tomatoes. There were many many more eating on the Datura and just a few on the toms. Maybe a stradegy here for sacrificial plant growing.