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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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I was checking out one of my Rebel Yell plants this morning, and I saw two things of concern: a baby tomato that had hunks chewed out of it, and little piles of caterpillar stool on one of the leaves. Even with my reading glasses on, I could not locate the hornworm- I get them every year. Eating the leaves is one thing, but not the tomatoes! Anyway, any suggestions? I am waiting on the braconid wasps to lay their eggs on these guys. Any insecticides that you can recommend?
Thanks! Darin |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 7,068
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BT will usually control them but if you have to get rid of them urgently use some Sevin and you will find them dead on the ground in and hour or less. I have kept my plants sprayed with BT every 5 days and I haven't had a single hornworm and I also usually have a few plants severely damaged by them by this time of the year.
Bill |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Thanks Bill!! I'll give that a try!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Posts: 1,239
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I use BT as well, works like a charm. Make sure to squirt the tops good. Bout time for me to give mine a good squirt too.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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I saw something I have never seen before. Yesterday I was on the back screened in porch to water my suckers and seedlings that are out there and found a 2 1/2 inch tomato hornworm chewing up my small suckers. How he got on the porch is beyond me. He topped about a dozen of my very small root stock that I was rooting. Now he is just a big green spot on the floor.
Haven't seen a single one on my nearly 70 tomato plants in the garden. Bill |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chapin, SC
Posts: 143
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Cowtown, Texas – 7B/8A
Posts: 192
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Posts: 1,239
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I tried to stick a fishing hook through one once. Once.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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I built a shrink ray & have been testing it on mine.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Posts: 3,146
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Great invention! Can I order one?
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~ Patti ~ |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Central Florida
Posts: 110
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yes, the hornworms are here. I found one Saturday or rather it found me. Now I am sporting a bruised swollen area from my thumb to 2" below my wrist. Watch out for little buggers.
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