I’ve tried chili power as suggested by many folk around here…it did not work! Found the first egg last night… ;(
I’ve an ALL organic garden…any suggestions to prevent those NASTY hornworms from eating my tomato plants?
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December 12th, 2011 - 3:56 pm
well, i do not know how to get rid of the “worm”. . . but a moth like insect is what lays them, instead of trying to get rid of the worms try to get rid of the moth. . . i heard that if you get one of those ant things (makes a ringing sound), the moths can not stand it, and they will not come near it. . . Of course, mine would be inside-ish. . . SO TRY to do it, maybe if you can not just get that powder stuff that. just the tomatoes just before you eat them. . .
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December 12th, 2011 - 4:28 pm
I plant my tomato plant further apart and plant carrot rows on each side of the tomato plant rows, and have not had any since. Before I fixed my problem all i could do was wear gloves and pick those nasty things off my plants I would put them in a jar and take them out deep in the trees and let them go (I could not kill the ugly little things) I hope this helps you.
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December 12th, 2011 - 5:04 pm
They sure are awful! I’ve found a couple this year also. I do not really know how to get rid of them except to pluck them off, but I do know how you can find them really easily, use a “black” light (really it’s purple) and they will glow! Crazy. Goodluck
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December 12th, 2011 - 5:34 pm
If the eggs are near your plants in the dirt and not already on them, then here is what has worked for me. Crush egg shells up chicken into about quarter-inch pieces, then spread them around the base of your plant and anywhere the plans might touch the ground. The horn worms, and for that matter most legless creatures, want to avoid the shells because the surface does something to them from preventable slithering. However, sometimes they can go underneath and around the shells, so the more you put there the better. When you do this, of course, you have to watch out and make sure you use organic eggs because they will eventually decompose and become part of the soil.
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December 12th, 2011 - 6:34 pm
If I see them, I knock them off and splatter them with a hoe. . no pesticides needed.
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December 12th, 2011 - 7:29 pm
I have not heard of using chili powder. . . . but I have used this recipe to keep a lot of bugs off my plants for years. . . . Mix in a blender1 hot pepper (cayenne, haberano, jalepeno…. Whichever you can find…. Or use 3 tablespoons of hotsauce) 1 clove of garlic2 cups of water blend til smooth train into a spray bottle. . . . bottle fill the rest of the way with water, and 3 drops of dishsoap. . . . Shake before using each time. I completely wet my plants down with this. . . organic, and no harm to plants. . . The dishsoap helps make it stick. . . . I use it about once a week or so. . . after each rain or controls many damaging bugs
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December 12th, 2011 - 8:00 pm
this use simple solution, about a tablespoon dish soap to a spray bottle of water, spray the plants well usually when the sun is starting to go down as to not burn the leaves while wet, it gets rid of all bugs and worms too.