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Re: Grasshoppers?

I see a growing number of grasshoppers but have seen no evidence of them
causing damage. I assume that you have checked for snails and slugs. They
work at night, so you don't see them. I have never had tomatoes damaged,
except by horn worms later in the season, but my tomatoes are quite large
when I set them in the soil.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA

On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 10:53:19 -0500 Kurt McCullum <KDMcCullum@AOL.COM>
writes:
>I have had almost all of my lettuce and tomato seedlings eaten by an
>unknown
>pest. At first I thought it was because of cutworms because I have had
>problems with them in the past. But I was unable to find any in the
>ground
>near the stubs of the plants. Cutworms also leave the plant toppled
>over but
>the entire plant tops are gone. The pest ramains a mystery but I think
>it may
>be a grasshopper. I found one near my garden which was about 4-5
>inches long.
>Could this be the pest which is eating my plants?
>
>Kurt
>(Southern California/Zone 9)
>It will be in the upper 80's today!
>
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