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  • From: "Elaine Granata" <ecgranat AT ouray.cudenver.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tomatillos and a 'worm'
  • Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:36:42 -0700

MeLani: My tomatillos get tomato fruit worm -- they penetrate the entire
fruit and get nice and fat if you don't catch them in time. Bt works on
them.

Elaine
----- Original Message -----
From: "MeLani" <mmaysen AT alltel.net>
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:11 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] tomatillos and a 'worm'


> I have not grown tomatillos since moving to SW Missouri and will be
> planting some this season.
> A neighbor has told me that while they thrive in the heat here, she
> finds they are frequently under attack from a worm of some sort. It
> apparently lives just under the outer paper shell, near the top of the
> fruit.
> Any ideas as to what the pest is and how to prevent or control it?
>
> MeLani
>
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