Tomato Horn Worm

**chowder** · 08-02-2011, 04:31 PM

This seems to be a bad year for these.I hadn't noticed any,but this past week had turned us upside down and I didn't get a chance to even look at the garden.So this morning I notice and pick off about 8 of them.It has been quite a few years since I have had this problem.Anyone else have them this year?
Is there a way to prevent them? Thanks

**frugalfranny** · 08-02-2011, 05:00 PM

Not sure.............I have had so much bug damage this year it is unreal.............and have yet to see the BUGS doing the damage. Both........my lawn and my garden are a mess!

Something has totally ruined my sugar snap peas---eaten leaves
and blooms..........I get one or two peas every now and then.

If you google some info you should be able to find something.

Everyone I have talked to has complained about the BUGS this year!

I hope you find something for control...........GOOD LUCK!

**mndtrp** · 08-02-2011, 07:10 PM

I found my first one a couple days ago, so I'm on the lookout now.

**pat in east texas** · 08-02-2011, 08:10 PM

When the hornworms are small, I know that BT will work. It doesn't kill the worm right off, but when it bites anything that's been sprayed with it, the worm stops eating and eventually dies. When they are larger, the best thing to do is grit your teeth and pick the nasty things off! Hornworms are sooo hard to see, even when they're larger -I found mine by watching the cardinals in the tomato plants.