Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 31, 2019 | #31 | |
Tomatovillian™
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They ((The moth)) lay them on the host plant. Mostly under the leaves. There they grow into the horn worm. Then as time goes by they start to transform and go underground and turn into a pupa;that big brown thing you may be calling an egg. The eggs are about 1.5 millimeters. We have a native plant here that has a horn worm look alike that only feeds on that plant. I have watched the transformation from beginning to----well the beginning again. Very interesting how the big green worm starts to change into the pupa turning brown and sluggish. |
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August 31, 2019 | #32 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Québec
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I just let the plant die on site. No cutting, no pulling. 4 feet of hard snow will bring them to the ground soon enough. I've not seem detrimental effects yet, but it may depends on my (cold) climate and growing conditions, we'll see a few years down the road (I've been growing tomatoes for 4 years).
However, I've not grown tomatoes more than two consecutive years on the same spot in my garden, and I'll try to keep it that way, so it may help ! David |
August 31, 2019 | #33 | |
Tomatovillian™
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It upsets the natural life cycle of several pests to some degree. |
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August 31, 2019 | #34 |
Tomatovillian™
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August 31, 2019 | #35 |
Tomatovillian™
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There are three bad garden moths that make pupa like that. Maybe more?
Hornworm Squash Vine Borer Cutworm I don't think any of the cigar casing pupa are considered to be a "good" moth. edit of course I went and looked up luna moth just in case, and they are a bigger cigar colored casing. It has been a few years since I've seen a Luna Moth here but up in the poconos and more undeveloped areas they are more common. Too many farm fields here. I do have a no cigar pupa policy when I am digging/forking. I can't say the odds of them getting in the soil of a garden bed, but I have to think it much lower than garden pest moths. Last edited by JRinPA; August 31, 2019 at 02:53 PM. |
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