Something ate my tomato....

[harleysilo]

I see the afids in the pic and will be getting something to KILL them. I have a bottle of "ready to spray" 7, will that work? I see it lists some type of afids but since I dont' know what type I have I don't know if it will work or not...

What do you think would have cause this damage?

[bcday]

Soapy water will kill the aphids, no need to spray 7 on them.

Hard to say what caused the big gash, but it looks like it happened quite a while ago. Is that the only damaged fruit?

[harleysilo]

Originally Posted by bcday

Soapy water will kill the aphids, no need to spray 7 on them.

Hard to say what caused the big gash, but it looks like it happened quite a while ago. Is that the only damaged fruit?

O.K. on the 7, one it's label it said I could only use it a few times per growing season anyways...

Yes, it's the only fruit damaged. I thought something had eaten it because of all the tiny little holes in the surface of the gash.

Do afids cause any real problems anyways?

[mdvpc]

That fruit is deformed from something other than a critter that ate it. I get rid of aphids by using an ant trap (they bring the aphids) and diatomaceous earth. If you do a search on aphids here at T-Ville, I think there was a thread or two about them.

[bcday]

Aphids can sometimes cause the leaves to look puckery, which can be annoying to the gardener. Otherwise I don't usually notice any damage to tomato plants by aphids and I don't bother with them unless there are a lot of them.

The only real damage I see is on other kinds of plants like roses where sometimes they are so thick on the growing tips that you can't see the stem, all you can see is a big gob of aphids. When that happens, the growing tip might die back a little.