Re: hummingbirds

Thanks everyone!  I feel better now!

I looked it up!  Tomato hornworms grow up to be Sphinx moth
which are a type of Hummingbird Moth.  

I'm glad you don't see too many tomato hornworms!

I started a small vegetable garden for the first time last year.
The only hornworm I ever saw on the tomato plants was dispatched
with by a cardinal before I could even move.

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 12:39:43PM -0600, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> I don't know which moths you are talking about, Karen, but we get those huge 
> ones that look like hummers.  They love the datura and the moon flowers at 
> night.  It is my understanding that they are grown up tomato worms or 
> tobacco worms.  The only thing they do is polinate those great night 
> blooming flowers and lay more eggs.  I like them enough to pick off the one 
> or two tomato worms I get.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karen Fernsler" <kmwos@korora.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> 
> 
> > Does anyone get the Hummingbird clearwing moths too?
> > If so, are they bad?  I can't find any source that seems to think
> > so, which would be nice because I find them bootifa!! (beautiful)
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:13:02AM -0500, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> >> They are bright little critters! LOL!!!  They apparently know from whence
> >> their nectar comes.
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> >> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:38 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> >>
> >> Mine usually show up when the bright coral azalea outside my dining-room
> >> window] comes into bloom.  I hang pots of cherry tomatoes in the 
> >> breezeway,
> >> and have been surprised to see that they just love the tomato blossoms. 
> >> The
> >> feeder hangs beside the screen porch behind the garage, and whenever I go 
> >> in
> >> there for something they come and fuss at me to get out of their space - 
> >> but
> >> don't seem to mind when I am refilling the feeder.
> >> Auralie - NY Zone5
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 03/09/2006 10:57:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> holmesbm@usit.net writes:
> >> I have bee balm and usually plant zinnias so I'll have to be more 
> >> observant
> >> to see if there are things they like that I just haven't noticed.
> >> Bonnie ETN Zone 7
> >>
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Years ago, I worked in a natural, organic health food store in Seattle, 
Washington.  One day a man walked in and asked, "If I can melt dry ice, 
can I swim without getting wet?"  Two days later I was fired for eating 
cotton candy and drinking straight Bosco on the job. 

		 -Steven Wright

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