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Jul 14, 2023 09:45:58   #
DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
 
jaymatt wrote:
A duster pesticide--Seven is a good one.


Noted, thanksp

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Jul 14, 2023 09:50:30   #
DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
 
[quote=fourlocks]
DirtFarmer wrote:
BT
Bacillus Thuringensis.

It's a stomach poison specific to larvae of Lepidoptera (which includes tomato hornworms). They eat a leaf with BT on it and it paralyzes their gut. They stop feeding and die. Since it's specific to Lepidoptera, it doesn't harm beneficial insects like bees and ladybugs. Widely used by organic farmers. Readily available in most hardware stores. Sometimes called Spinosad.

Tomato Hornworms are so big I can usually eliminate them by simply hand picking them off the plant. If you see a clump of little white eggs on the Hornworm's back, those are from a parasitic wasp whose larva will feed on, and kill, the Hornworm. So just remove and relocate those specimens. Otherwise, the BT is your most environmentally friendly choice. Oh yeah, when you pick a Hornworm off your tomato, it'll turn around and try to "bite" you. Intimidating but harmless.
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Hand “harvesting” is how I previously dealt with them. Now, bision is so bad I cam’t spot them on the leaves.

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Jul 14, 2023 10:32:06   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Dean, I dispatch troublesome insects with a spray of liquid dish soap thinned with a bit of water that I put into a hand spray bottle. I buy the least expensive soap that I can find. Insects breathe through holes along their body (spiracle valves) and the glycerin in the dish soap clogs those holes and they quickly expire. I spray wasps and yellow jackets with it and it knocks them flat in an instant.

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Jul 14, 2023 10:40:39   #
DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
Dean, I dispatch troublesome insects with a spray of liquid dish soap thinned with a bit of water that I put into a hand spray bottle. I buy the least expensive soap that I can find. Insects breathe through holes along their body (spiracle valves) and the glycerin in the dish soap clogs those holes and they quickly expire. I spray wasps and yellow jackets with it and it knocks them flat in an instant.



Another novel solution, snd one even I can adopt. Gonna try thus one. Thanks SJ.

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Jul 14, 2023 12:13:26   #
Boomer Jim Loc: Newcastle Okla
 
avflinsch wrote:
Go out at night with a UV flashlight - they glow a bright greenish/blue and just pick them off.
I usually feed them to the frogs in my pond.


This will work.

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Jul 15, 2023 02:01:15   #
alexol
 
Kudos to avflinsch! The UV light idea worked perfectly!



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Jul 15, 2023 08:22:46   #
paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah
 
DeanS wrote:
TWs have devastated my tomato plants this yr. Off to a great start, they have been "gnawed to the bone," so to speak. My vision is such that iit is virtually impossible for me to spot them on my plants. Anyone know of a spray-on prduct that will eliminate these pests? TIA

Dean


Take your flash light after dark and they will shine iridescent in the dark under the light.

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