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stormymater · June 11, 2009

no problem here snatching a hornworm off my mater plants! now those awful frass-producing pickle worms in the cukes & those squash borers that get inside the squash vines & are gooey wet & acting like they'll pinch you when you try to extract them... blech!
Too bad the hornworms do such damage to mater plants - they make a dramatic moth. http://whaticaught.com/nature-outdoo...nworm-moth.htm

matoman · June 20, 2009

I keep an eye out for these pests, if I have one it's usually on a container plant. In the garden I inter-plant borage plants that are supposed to deter horn worms. I have not ever had issues with them on the garden plants. The borage plant and flower are edible also the leaves taste like cucumbers. Pretty flowers too!

June 11, 2009	#16
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	no problem here snatching a hornworm off my mater plants! now those awful frass-producing pickle worms in the cukes & those squash borers that get inside the squash vines & are gooey wet & acting like they'll pinch you when you try to extract them... blech! Too bad the hornworms do such damage to mater plants - they make a dramatic moth. http://whaticaught.com/nature-outdoo...nworm-moth.htm

June 20, 2009	#17
matoman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 12	I keep an eye out for these pests, if I have one it's usually on a container plant. In the garden I inter-plant borage plants that are supposed to deter horn worms. I have not ever had issues with them on the garden plants. The borage plant and flower are edible also the leaves taste like cucumbers. Pretty flowers too!