worms

b54red · April 30, 2020

My onions looked terrible about a month back and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with them. Leaves were drooping more than normal and turning brown way too early in the season. Finally I noticed some holes in the leaves and pulled one off and ripped it open to find some type of brown caterpillar like and army worm inside the stems. I used Dipel and even Sevin and it slowed down the damage but for most it was just too late so I will end up with some onions but almost all of them were damaged. I don't think the poison got to most of the worms since they were inside the leaves. I have been growing onions for decades and never saw anything like this before. To make matters worse the damaged onions developed some type of downy or powdery mildew to go along with the worm problems. As a result the onions started dying back way early so my onion supple if any will be mostly small onions.

Bill

April 30, 2020	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	worms My onions looked terrible about a month back and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with them. Leaves were drooping more than normal and turning brown way too early in the season. Finally I noticed some holes in the leaves and pulled one off and ripped it open to find some type of brown caterpillar like and army worm inside the stems. I used Dipel and even Sevin and it slowed down the damage but for most it was just too late so I will end up with some onions but almost all of them were damaged. I don't think the poison got to most of the worms since they were inside the leaves. I have been growing onions for decades and never saw anything like this before. To make matters worse the damaged onions developed some type of downy or powdery mildew to go along with the worm problems. As a result the onions started dying back way early so my onion supple if any will be mostly small onions. Bill