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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynn, that sounds like a good idea, but, this is phoenix.  It is cool for 
here, only mid 70's; but I don't have a fireplace , and the neighbors who do 
are not that close to me.  I'll ask at the nursery, if no one can think of a 
better paln.  They'll probably recomment seven.  It seems like they recommend 
it for everything.  So far, I have not used any pesticides, not even 
'organic'......bobford


--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tomato hornworms
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:34 PM
> Folks in New Jersey (who know a thing or two about tomatoes)
> swear by 
> wood ash to get rid of hornworms. My father always saved a
> bucket of ash 
> to sprinkle on the tomato plants. As far as I know, it
> works, and the 
> ash is full of potassium and minerals, so is good for the
> soil.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> EarthNSky wrote:
> > Oh, and if you have to use a 'cide, try Bt or
> something organic, but I'd 
> > just be patient,,,you will find the culprit.
> > 
> > bob ford wrote:
> >> Foer the past hour , I have been looking for a (or
> more) tomato
> >> hornworm.  I wnt out to check my plants.  And, on
> the plant with the
> >> most (tiny) fruit, about 1/4 of the plant was
> stripped of leaves and
> >> even the smaller parts of the limb stalks.
> >>
> >> Back before I fell ill and quit gardening for a
> time, I had
> >> experiences with these pests.  They were generally
> brought in with a
> >> new plant from the nursey.
> >>
> >> Anyway; I haven't found it.  I know it is
> there, and I can't find it.
> >> Maybe it was alone and already turned into a moth
> and flew away, but,
> >> that I doubt.
> >>
> >> I know they are easier to see around the break of
> dawn.  Does anyone
> >> know how to find them in the bright sun of
> daytime?.  Is there a safe
> >> type of pesticide to use to keep them from
> spreading and increasing
> >> population? .............bobford
> >>
> >>
> >>
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