Worm's on my tomato plants HELP !

thewanderer718

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• Sep 18, 2015

• #1

Ok so i had to go out of town for a few day's and came back to worms on my tomato plant's. they have almost stripped the leaves down to nothing, as i am growing organic is there anything natural i can use to stop this from happing again and what should i do about the plant's this is my first grow so i am super nervous.

 

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Lo Budget

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• Sep 18, 2015

• #2

Those look like cutworms. There are some organic sprays you can try. I just pick them off by hand and squish them. As far as stopping them in the future, I don't know. I see some every season.

 

thewanderer718

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• Sep 18, 2015

• #3

Lo Budget said:

Those look like cutworms. There are some organic sprays you can try. I just pick them off by hand and squish them. As far as stopping them in the future, I don't know. I see some every season.

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Thank you so much. i guess i was on the right track because i spent the morning picking them off (there was a lot of them) again thank you for your help.

 

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Wetdog

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• Sep 19, 2015

• #4

You need some BT. That is BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS subspecies KURSTAKI. Totally organic and totally harmless to anything but caterpillars.

I use THURICIDE concentrate myself, but Safers caterpillar spray is the same thing, but you're paying for a lot of water.

Been using it for well over 30 years mainly for tomato hornworms, but it takes care of many different caterpillars.

Wet

 

Lo Budget

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• Sep 23, 2015

• #5

Yeah, that's what I get, those wicked looking hornworms. Big juicy bastards that click like an octopus playing the castinitas.
I only run 2-4 tomato plants a season so I just pick them off. It's more work because you have to stay on top of them, but it's ok with just a few plants.

 

Po boy

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• Sep 28, 2015

• #6

like Wetdog says, BT is the way to go. i have also been using it for over thirty years.

 

amneziaHaze

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• Jan 7, 2016

• #7

you could try planting onions around your plant onions deter most flying insects

 

Larry {the} Gardener

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• Feb 3, 2016

• #8

I have used a spray made from soap and tobacco with some success. It wears/washes off every few days, so you have to use it pretty often.

 

thumper60

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• Feb 10, 2016

• #9

horn worms hand pick look for there shit getem before they get big,i grow many maters many kinds if u c white eggs on them leave them wasp lay eggs on them kills them off

 

thumper60

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• Feb 17, 2016

• #10

thumper60 said:

horn worms hand pick look for there shit getem before they get big,i grow many maters many kinds if u c white eggs on them leave them wasp lay eggs on them kills them off

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wrong sorry lol