Must protect tomato plants at all costs

[perchplucker]

tobacco worms are here. Wish they where a different color. Need to be pink or something.

[beagle man]

none here yet, or else they seen my starving plants and said, on to better feeding grounds..... good luck and look under the leaves

[warbird]

no problem with worms yet but the bottom of my tomatos are rotton at least 50% of them, does anyone know what causes this?

[FAADAN]

no problem with worms yet but the bottom of my tomatos are rotton at least 50% of them, does anyone know what causes this?

It's called blossom end rot. Supposed to be caused by a shortage of calcium and or irregular watering. I've been picking of those green horn worms if that is what you are talking about.

[gabowman]

Yea...what's tobacco worms look like anyway?!?

[got crappie]

It's called blossom end rot. Supposed to be caused by a shortage of calcium and or irregular watering. I've been picking of those green horn worms if that is what you are talking about.

Faadan is right on its been a big problem here to!!!!!!!!!

[Kit Papermouth]

I had aphids bad early. Treated them with a quart of water, two drops of dawn soap and a Tablespoon of Olive Oil. Mixed in a spray bottle and let them have it. Killed about 80% of them.
Lady bugs, beetles & wasps have the rest under control now.
Sounds like i need to keep an eye out for the horn worms now.

G.

[TnRidge]

My tomato plants are doing good this year .

[Jerkey Log]

I have 1700 tomato plants in right now and 200 more to go! Picked 800 lbs Friday. Blossom end rot is terrible this year, I even have it on my 300 pepper plants, yes it is a calcium problem, (lack of). I do not understand why we are having such a bad year with it. I have never had it this bad! Losing 20 to 30% of crop to it. Talked with horticulture specialist for MU and he said due to heat, fruit set quick before good root development, plant roots could not supply enough calcium to the plant, for what ever that is worth? I have even been spraying a calcium product on mine, Nutri-Cal, suppose to fix it all, first time I have used it, and I have it worse than I ever have?
As for the worms there are plenty of them also, I have even had some eating the habanero pepper plants, never seen one on a pepper plant in my life!

[got crappie]

Hey jerky my green peppers and tomatos are not doing well with it ,But I'm getting all the tomatos I need!!!!!!!! WOW 1700 plants!!!!!!e been spraying mine to but I think it only helps if there still blooming!