Picking & Eating Green Tomato Suggestions
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HELP!!! Something's eating our green tomatoes!
Comments (2)Most likely Tomato Hornworm or snails. Squirrels wait until the tomato is riper, then abscond with it all together. This is bug damage. For tomato hornworm, just pick them off (ick). For snails, use Sluggo or better yet, Sluggo Plus, which will take care of snails and earwigs. Both are organic and work well. Patty S. Here is a link that might be useful: UC IPM: Tomato Hornworm...See Moresomething is eating my tomatoes
Comments (2)Ive seen people attach something to the plants like a bag sock nylons or something around the tomatoes, making aphysical barrier to however's hungry. It wouldnt work if the pest is already inside the mater tho....See MoreHELP! Big green caterpillars are eating my tomato plants!
Comments (31)Yes the green hard to see caterpillars i think are the most common and have damaged my tomato plants a little bit before i caught them. You have to look at every inch of your plant thorougly because they can hide anywere and not be seen. I found a little green worm under my pepper plants leaf one time (not sure what it was) but havent seen them since. I just recently started seeing my tomato plants stems turn hollow so i looked it up and there is a different type of caterpillar that will make entry into the stem of your tomato plant and will eat it from the inside. I had to throw my plant away because it was completely hollow and dead. I also had a watermelon plant which did really good until it started getting infested with melon aphids on the backside of the leaves. I heard that lady bugs are really beneficial for your garden and they say an adult lady bug will eat up to 5000 aphids in its lifetime. I will try this method and will post how it works but i seen someone post about wasps helping with problems in their garden and would like to know more about how the wasps work....See MoreSomething's eating my green tomatoes!
Comments (2)I'd look for a groundhog (woodchuck). Consider the height at which the eating stops. Squirrels can climb, but groundhogs only reach up about 2 feet. If it isn't going to rain at night, you can put out a tray of flour. The prints might help you identify the culprits. Old Boy Scout trick for identifying local fauna....See Moretennegreen
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