I have German Giant Radish if still interested.

Hi, Alice. Nice to see you! I don't have anything specifically on your wishlist, except maybe sunflowers. The Honey Bear is truly awesome. If you can find enough items you want, I'd like to trade for your: nicandra 'Black Pod' phlox 'Dwarf Beauty' rudbeckia 'Irish Eyes' sunflower 'Autumn Beauty' - I've had this one before, and really liked it~~ Oh, and I do have HH on my list... PLMK, Constance.

Thomis: Just about any insecticide effective on larvae would work. My preference is permethrin because it can be used up to harvest without much concern. I am not a fully committed organic grower, but don't really like using insecticides on crops like tomatoes. However, with that kind of damage, you don't have much choice. I think washing the tomatoes pretty much takes care of any small insecticide residue that may remain. If I didn't use permethrin on emerging sweet corn silks, all of my corn would be infested with earworm every season. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

I had the same problem with my two Aunt Ruby German Greens. I called it a virus as well. A virus, if that is what it is, that all my research said spread from plant to plant no less. I yanked them both and burned them. *sigh* My Exploits in the Garden: http://tennegreen.blogspot.com/