Help AGAIN!

Badtxmofo · May 15, 2012

What is going on here? These holes were eaten almost all the way through the Tomaoto

Mudman · May 15, 2012

Slugs. Maybe snails in your area. You now know what they do to pepper leaves and tomatoes.

DogsandDirt · May 16, 2012

I would say tomato fruitworm, which is apparently the same critter as the corn ear worm. Scroll down to the bottom. The holes in your fruit look like the ones on this website (in my opinion). Have you tried Bt? It helps with horn worms and fruit worms.

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.o...n-earworm.aspx

Good luck.

Badtxmofo · May 16, 2012

I just sprayed seven on everything. I am very disapointed that my first mater was junk!

janezee · May 16, 2012

It was sour, anyway.

j

genieriley · May 16, 2012

MY GUESS IS TOMATOE HORN WORM GREEN AS TOMATOE WITH A CURVED HORN ON HIS HEAD.LOOK CLOSELY THEY ARE HARD TO SPOT AND THEY MAKE EXCELLENT FISH BAIT

Crandrew · May 16, 2012

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Worth1 · May 16, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by genieriley

MY GUESS IS TOMATOE HORN WORM GREEN AS TOMATOE WITH A CURVED HORN ON HIS HEAD.LOOK CLOSELY THEY ARE HARD TO SPOT AND THEY MAKE EXCELLENT FISH BAIT

Too early for horn worms where I live in Texas and more than likely too early in Kilgore too.

Here is the life cycle of the dreaded horn worm.
http://www.uky.edu/Classes/ENT/574/i...thw_images.htm

Looks like fruit worm damage spray with BT.

Worth

Badtxmofo · May 16, 2012

Thanks for the help

DogsandDirt · May 16, 2012

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Too early for horn worms where I live in Texas and more than likely too early in Kilgore too.

Worth

They're already making an appearance up here

From my experience, hornworms will eat the fruit from the outside and stay on the outside. Fruitworms will eat a hole into the fruit and actually enter the fruit (peppers, too). Did you happen to cut open the fruit that was ruined? There was probably one in there. You need to spray before they enter the fruit, whether with Bt or any other pesticide. Once they're inside, the fruit protects them. Try a weekly spray with Bt and again after a rain or if they get sprayed from a sprinker system or hose.

Worth1 · May 16, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by DogsandDirt

They're already making an appearance up here

From my experience, hornworms will eat the fruit from the outside and stay on the outside. Fruitworms will eat a hole into the fruit and actually enter the fruit (peppers, too). Did you happen to cut open the fruit that was ruined? There was probably one in there. You need to spray before they enter the fruit, whether with Bt or any other pesticide. Once they're inside, the fruit protects them. Try a weekly spray with Bt and again after a rain or if they get sprayed from a sprinker system or hose.

Good lord I'm going to the store to get a pressure gauge, come home and spray after the rain we had.

They might just come early this year.

Worth

Mudman · May 16, 2012

I just figured it was snails because he already had snail damage on his peppers and found snails, and that is what slugs do to my tomatoes.

Crandrew · May 16, 2012

Slugs bore through your entire tomatoes? wow that's intense.

Mine just sit on top and eat everything from the lounge chair.

Rockporter · May 17, 2012

We have had Hornworm here in Rockport TX too!

livinonfaith · May 17, 2012

Picked off three horn worms this morning. Two of them were seriously munching on my Ground cherries. Suddenly everything is eating everything.
There is already damage from slugs, pillbugs, hornworms, aphids and flea beetles. There are probably others, those are the ones I recognize. At lunch, I sprinkled the entire area with a pesticide out of frustration.

Two hours later, it started to rain heavily and washed it all away.

Sigh.

May 15, 2012	#1
Badtxmofo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Kilgore, Tx Posts: 19	Help AGAIN! What is going on here? These holes were eaten almost all the way through the Tomaoto

May 15, 2012	#2
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	Slugs. Maybe snails in your area. You now know what they do to pepper leaves and tomatoes. __________________ Mike

May 16, 2012	#12
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	I just figured it was snails because he already had snail damage on his peppers and found snails, and that is what slugs do to my tomatoes. __________________ Mike

May 17, 2012	#14
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	We have had Hornworm here in Rockport TX too! __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

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May 16, 2012	#3
DogsandDirt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dallas/FortWorth, TX Posts: 116	I would say tomato fruitworm, which is apparently the same critter as the corn ear worm. Scroll down to the bottom. The holes in your fruit look like the ones on this website (in my opinion). Have you tried Bt? It helps with horn worms and fruit worms. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.o...n-earworm.aspx Good luck.

May 16, 2012	#5
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	It was sour, anyway. j

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genieriley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: columbus georgia Posts: 3	MY GUESS IS TOMATOE HORN WORM GREEN AS TOMATOE WITH A CURVED HORN ON HIS HEAD.LOOK CLOSELY THEY ARE HARD TO SPOT AND THEY MAKE EXCELLENT FISH BAIT

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May 17, 2012	#15
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	Picked off three horn worms this morning. Two of them were seriously munching on my Ground cherries. Suddenly everything is eating everything. There is already damage from slugs, pillbugs, hornworms, aphids and flea beetles. There are probably others, those are the ones I recognize. At lunch, I sprinkled the entire area with a pesticide out of frustration. Two hours later, it started to rain heavily and washed it all away. Sigh.