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Re: What's eating my tomatoes?

Dear Robert,

It sounds like a wabbit to me.

Dave


On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Robert A Schooler wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I've got a serious tomatoe problem.  Somethings eating them before I can.
> And worst of all, whatever is doing it, is also spreading disease.  I had 6
> really great plants until a couple of weeks ago.  I went on vacation and
> when I came back I found that something was attacking my poor plants.  As
> soon as the fruits started to turn red, something started taking bites out
> of them.  In two days a tomatoe thats 5" across is nothing but a few pieces
> of skin on the ground.  I thought it was slugs but after today I'm not sure.
> I found some tomatoes with what looked like teeth marks.  Do slugs have
> teeth?  <grin>
> I've spread so much diatomaes (sorry for the spelling) earth, that it looks
> like snow (I spread a thin layer over the ground, wall, and bottom sections
> of stalks and leaves), and nothing is working.  I finally got frustrated and
> pulled all 6 plants. I refuse to feed what ever is eating them.  Nothing can
> rippen without being attacked.  The stalks were also looking infected with a
> white fungus and starting to look bad. At first I figured it had to be
> slugs.  The plants were getting lots of air circulation so I figured the
> fungus was caused (or made worse) by slime trails.  I had also the same
> problem last year and found slugs last year (horrible 5"-6" long scary
> looking things). I thought I had cleaned up all the possible hiding places.
> But now teeth marks?
> We also have these big emerald green beetles flying around.  I've been
> fighting the grubs of these things in my compost pile and back yard.  I've
> never noticed them eating my plants but they must eat something.
> Which might be the culprit?  Or should I worry about someother garden
> monster?  This years a bust but I want to be prepared for next year.  I'm in
> So. Calif.  Can I do a fall and winter crop?  Should I start the seeds now?
> Shawn W. and John Orick (and all the other SO. Calif. gardeners) your advice
> would be appreciated.
> Dawn S.
> Super Sad in CA
> Long Beach (zone 10)
>
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