Gnat suicide

Kikaida · May 26, 2015

Any one else notice gnats on your tomatoes...Dead? Seems everyday I pick off a few gnats that appear to have been killed by the plant.

Stvrob · May 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by Kikaida

Any one else notice gnats on your tomatoes...Dead? Seems everyday I pick off a few gnats that appear to have been killed by the plant.

Is it suicide? Or murder?

heirloomtomaguy · May 26, 2015

I have tons of gnats just frozen on the plant in time. Dead of course. I think its more like murder.

peebee · May 27, 2015

I have posted twice about the numerous ants that appear dead on only certain tomato plants in my office garden. I was worried that it was something toxic in the soil but now I don't even glance their way. Weird, I do not see gnats on the plants, at least not on my tomatoes.

pauldavid · May 27, 2015

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

Kikaida · May 27, 2015

I think they're getting high off the Tomato juice and over-dosing.
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And now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head the rest of the day, thanks Paul!

pauldavid · May 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Kikaida

I think they're getting high off the Tomato juice and over-dosing.
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And now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head the rest of the day, thanks Paul!

You're welcome!

BigVanVader · May 27, 2015

Yeah I see ants on mine all the time dead. I assumed they were overdosing on tomato narcotics

wormgirl · May 27, 2015

http://www.growingformarket.com/arti...-tomato-plants

This came up in another thread and peebee, I remember your thread about the ants. So I guess it's part of the plant's defense system.

May 26, 2015	#1
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	Gnat suicide Any one else notice gnats on your tomatoes...Dead? Seems everyday I pick off a few gnats that appear to have been killed by the plant.

May 26, 2015	#3
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I have tons of gnats just frozen on the plant in time. Dead of course. I think its more like murder. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

May 27, 2015	#4
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	I have posted twice about the numerous ants that appear dead on only certain tomato plants in my office garden. I was worried that it was something toxic in the soil but now I don't even glance their way. Weird, I do not see gnats on the plants, at least not on my tomatoes.

May 27, 2015	#5
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

May 27, 2015	#8
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Yeah I see ants on mine all the time dead. I assumed they were overdosing on tomato narcotics

May 27, 2015	#9
wormgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 245	http://www.growingformarket.com/arti...-tomato-plants This came up in another thread and peebee, I remember your thread about the ants. So I guess it's part of the plant's defense system.