tobacco worms are here. Wish they where a different color. Need to be pink or something.
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tobacco worms are here. Wish they where a different color. Need to be pink or something.
none here yet, or else they seen my starving plants and said, on to better feeding grounds..... good luck and look under the leaves
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by warbird
Yea...what's tobacco worms look like anyway?!?
Faadan is right on its been a big problem here to!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by FAADAN
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.
My tomato plants are doing good this year .
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!
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!
Yes the calcium spray will only help the ones to come, the blossom end rot starts as the bloom turns to tomato or pepper. So once you see the fruit it either has it or don't! I still have 200 plants that are only about 3 inches tall, that will be the last planting for a total of 1900. Can't wait till October so I can go fishing again!
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Originally Posted by got crappie
Gardening is a hobby for me , so I only have 6 tomato plants . 1900 plants would be a full time job for me to keep up with, lol !
My maters did good until the heat finally got 'em. I still have some plant left with alot of green tomatoes but all the leaves on the bottoms of the plants are gone now. With multiple days of 100*+ temps I just couldnt keep 'em cool enough. They looking bad and it's way too hot and dry to try planting any fall produce. My bale, cayenne, and sweet peppers are doing fine.
Sounds like you have been busy. Will have to hook up this fall and rig up a few fish. I need to come see your operation sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerkey Log
You should come check it out! Any of you guys around KC want to your welcome. The boys just picked 22, 25# box's off of 2 rows (100 plants per row) out of 13 that are producing! Anybody want to do some canning I got plenty at good price. Just put call into Society of St. Andrew to donate them to Gleaners!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jigging15
I've only got 50 or so in different places. Already fought and pretty well won the tomato worm war, fought and won the striped beetle war, still fighting the drought war but holding my own there. I had a MAJOR infestation of striped beetles that showed up overnight by the thousands, they stripped the entire lower portion of the plants, totally stripped pepper plants and even stripped some pigweed growing under the plants. A few hours work spraying them with some, either pyrethrin I believe and when I ran out of that, I dug out some 55% Malthion, I love watching them die, the mater worm didn't like it either, they fell off squirming and writhing. Had to let the plants and fruit set for several days before I was brave enough to eat them again. Now about to finish up the sweet corn and final green beans. Zuccini's already gone and cucumbers too. May plant some more of them. Makes for a second job to come home and water them all.