Re: CULT: Critters - tomato horn worms
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Critters - tomato horn worms
- From: D* E*
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:36:51 -0600
Bill, BT, (Dipel) really REALLY works on those cussed horn worms. I guess I
just never had them eat the fruit. . I checked about 50 plants daily and
used BT plus did a LOT of hand picking. The only ones I let live were those
that had wasp eggs on them. . .that way I grew more baby wasps and
ultimately got rid of the hornworm(s).
Doris Elevier
USDA zone 7b Sunset 11
El Paso, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: William Wells <wells@train.missouri.org>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Critters - tomato horn worms
> Once they have defoliated the plant, they will eat the fruit. Knowing
> time was limited this summer, I did not plant a vegetable garden, but my
> wife planted 4 tomato plants - two near the back door and two far away
> near the fence line. She has been battling hornworms near the back door
> with a vengeance, smashing several a day. However, she neglected the
> ones far away. While mowing yesterday, I saw the largest horn worm of my
> experience munching away on a green tomato, having completely stripped
> the foliage off the small plant. It had consumed fully half of each of
> the two hapless tomatoes on that plant.
>
> My chickens would never eat them, either.
>
> Very similar to the tobacco horn worms I grew up with on the tobacco
> farm as a boy in KY,
> Bill Wells
>
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