Sorry but I'm not sure what advice you are looking for. The worms in the corn? Can you post a picture of them or at least provide a detailed description? Corn ear worms are green but if there are no ears or tassels then you wouldn't normally see them when the corn is as young as you describe it. Both Bt (Dipel) and Spinosad are both quite effective on corn ear worms and Spinosad works on whiteflies too.. I have tried everything that is supposed to get rid of them, and none of it works,they just laugh at me and fly around. So what all have you tried and for which pest? The whiteflies? They are the only thing that flies around. The aphids? The worms? Is gardening in Florida new for you? Different planting times, different pest issues, etc. Dave

They look fine, just keep the moisture levels even so you don't get any fruit crack, and fertilize!! I can't believe how many organic gardeners think that some composted manure is plenty to feed a heavy setting vegetable plant. I don't know if you garden organically, but I keep seeing underfertilized plants on the forums. Remember, at this stage, miracle grow is *NOT* evil, and if you don't want to pay an arm and a leg for some organic ferts, they are perfectly fine to use. Also, at this stage, a balanced fertilizer would do you well, like 10(N)-10(P)-10(K). Tomato growers will tell you to stay away from applying too much nitrogen, because N promotes the plant to set more leaves and less fruit. They say that even a balanced fertilizer like 10-10-10 shouldn't be used, and you should go with 5-10-10 or something that has less N in it. But once you have fruit set, I'm of the opinion that if you were using a specialty tomato fertilizer that had less N, with the growing fruit being very nutrient dependent, you should switch to a balanced fertilizer after you have achieved a heavy enough fruit set, to compensate for the extra nutrient needs. I could be crazy though. Your tomatoes look fine, it's not a disaster, just be thankful that you don't have japanese beetles eating everything in sight. Here is a link that might be useful: My Garden

Recipe based on using 1 gallon of water. Recipe that seems to work well for me is 1 part milk to 6-8 parts water, dish soap (a good squirt), and 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Baking soda to raise the ph which PM does not like, milk / soap both are fungicides. Just read something here not to long ago that they should be used together. My extension office recommended nearly same ingredients for my orange trees. Yes it works to a degree. If the plant is covered, forget it pull the plants. If it is just starting, remove leaves that are really effected and cover the plant in the early morning. Repeat in 4-5 day or if it rains. Get the stems, tops and bottoms of leaves, and the medium surrounding your plant mulch, soil whatever. After this you can do it once a week as a precautionary measure.

There are two kinds of Powdery Mildew that can affect tomatoes, but neither one of them are the same that causes powdery mildew of cucurbits such as squash, cukes, melons, etc. Your plants look pretty good to me as well, just a few yellow leaves that always appear from time to time. I see no spots on the leaves that would suggest a foliage infection, nor do I see any evidence of a systemic disease either, at this point. With the weekend rains we just had in our area no doubt youll see mroe yellow leaves and since reports if late Blight ( P. infestans) are in out area, do keep a look out for the symptoms of that disease since it's spread via wind and rain, and once infected the plants can be a pile of black mush within a week. There are many many pictures of Late Blight if you do a Google search. Blight is just a general word and doesn't refer to any specific disease although there are quite a few specific diseases that have the word blight as part of the name. For instance Early Blight ( A. solani) is a foliage disease and can be controlled, and Early Blight and Late Blight are caused by two different pathogens and either one can appear early OR late in the season. Southern Blight is a systemic disease and caused by another specific pathogen. Systemic diseases are those where the pathogen is found in the soil. Hope that helps. Carolyn