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Gardening

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15. Old Gardening Memory

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 12:34 AM

Jul 2020

One summer, my youngest was about 5 or 6 and was into caterpillars in a big way. One day she came home with her two little hands full of tomato hornworms. I told to take a stone and kill them before they got in my garden. I forgot all about it until a few days later and saw that they were eating on my tomato plants. She admitted that she'd let them go in my garden. The way I got rid of them was to get up at the crack of dawn while they were still out. It took a couple of early mornings, but I killed them all.

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What fun - hunting tomato hornworms at night with a UV flashlight! [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 OP

ugh, my worst nightmare, but good tip Kali Jul 2020 #1

Instagram is the only place I now post - left FB and Twitter last year. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #2

I'm only on fb when somebody posts a link there, otherwise haven't been in months Kali Jul 2020 #3

Instagram is a useful teaching tool NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #4

I hear you! Kali Jul 2020 #9

But they turn into such lovely hummingbird moths! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5

no - they turn into Hawkmoths NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #7

You're right, I sometimes get them mixed up. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #12

have you considered purchasing Braconid wasps ? dweller Jul 2020 #6

no need to purchase - they eventually show up here - but before they do, a hornworm NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #8

i figured as much dweller Jul 2020 #11

Made me think of going out and getting nightcrawlers captain queeg Jul 2020 #10

UV light is the ONLY way to get these crittrrs calguy Jul 2020 #13

My dad used to put out shallow bowls of beer worked just fine. RGinNJ Jul 2020 #14

I think UserNotFound Aug 2020 #18

Old Gardening Memory dem in texas Jul 2020 #15

hah NJCher Sep 2020 #20

I hate those things, but birds and chickens LOVE hornworms. I always try to drown them in a bucket japple Jul 2020 #16

Wow, new to me. Both the UV flashlight and the hornworms. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2020 #17

Very cool pic! UserNotFound Aug 2020 #19