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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Bt...

bob ford wrote:
> I just called the nursey and they said to come in and get some
> Thuracide(spray),or Dipel (dust);  I don't know anything about
> either, but I guess out here that is what is used for hornworms and
> similar pest problems ....bobford
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/14/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> > From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Homestead]
> > Tomato hornworms To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com,
> > homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:00
> > PM 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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