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Post by garf on Apr 2, 2012 11:33:21 GMT -5
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Post by garf on Mar 27, 2012 14:04:16 GMT -5
As most of us know, Hornworm hunting is best done at night. As with everything else, proper tools are needed. The first item is whatever eyewear that allows you to see well up close. The second item is a STRONG flashlight. I have a large number of flashlights, so it was just a matter of selecting the best one for the job. It turns out the best one for the job is an oddball I picked up from our favorite auction site. It has 128 low power LED's and lights up my entire living room at night.
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Post by garf on Mar 26, 2012 18:54:29 GMT -5
The first 2 tomatoes from the mulch pile plant. the coin is a quarter.
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Post by garf on Mar 23, 2012 13:39:17 GMT -5
I am getting the first blush on the red brandywine plant. I hope I can stay ahead of the worms. I haven't used BT on this one.
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Post by garf on Mar 21, 2012 15:42:22 GMT -5
I found 2 more hornworms, but very little more damage. If it was earlier in the season, I would use BT.
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Post by garf on Mar 17, 2012 13:47:17 GMT -5
In the light of day, I found more damaged tomatoes for a total of 5 so far. I also found some leaf damage, then turned the leaf over to find a small hornworm, which got crushed. Now I need to inspect the plants every day and night.
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garf
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Post by garf on Mar 16, 2012 20:13:10 GMT -5
I just found and killed 4 huge hornworms.
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Post by garf on Mar 16, 2012 16:26:30 GMT -5
The plant has been attacked. It looks like snail damage. Attachments:
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Post by garf on Feb 25, 2012 12:05:43 GMT -5
I set it out about 6" and it's been out around 8 weeks. I'd like to see how long it lasts.
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Post by garf on Feb 23, 2012 13:38:39 GMT -5
There it is. Attachments:
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Post by garf on Feb 21, 2012 22:36:37 GMT -5
Isn't it funny that up here, I have to grow some things in Containers (like Eggplant) so that they will mature in a short season. Obviously Garf, you don't have that problem. Why then, would you have to raise tomatoes in containers in Florida? Too much salt in the soil? Need to be moved out of hot sun so containers are easiest?? Nosey aren't I ;D BTW, If I didn't already say it, Welcome to The Tomato Garden GARF I live in an area that was reclaimed from the everglades about 60 years ago. It is a base of solid coral rock covered by a thin layer of everglades muck and sod. The "soil" was exhausted 40 years ago and will barely support grass. I resorted to containers years ago, but I still haven't got it right. One spot in my yard had a mulch pile for 30 years that I know of. I cleared it off and planted a Red Brandywine. It literally exploded. It showed me just how bad the containers soil is.
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Post by garf on Feb 21, 2012 15:44:17 GMT -5
I planted a red brandywine into a mound in my yard that was a 30 year old mulch pile. This plant literally exploded. It is by far the healthiest plant in my yard.
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Post by garf on Aug 15, 2011 18:04:45 GMT -5
Fused Blossom. Attachments:
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Post by garf on Aug 15, 2011 18:01:28 GMT -5
Have any fused blossoms yet? Those are really weird.
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Post by garf on Aug 15, 2011 17:57:07 GMT -5
Strangely enough, a few plants are surviving. I no longer know what variety they are, but if they are still alive when the growing season arrives, I will see what happens. I may have to move them around to freshen the growing medium in the containers. One plant is actually flowering. That must be an Everglades.
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