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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: m25operator on October 03, 2009, 07:50:28 PM
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My garden did not go well this year, but as the weather has cooled, my 1 tomato plant is bulging with new fruit, just been waiting to turn pink. Went out this am, to check them, and in the course of this day killed a dozen tobacco horned worms that have devastated my plant, and part of my bell pepper plant.
I HATE THESE THINGS.
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This is what they look like. And man can they eat.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aFtXDQnLGm4t8M:http://birdcarvings.net/TOMATO%2520HORNWORM%25206.JPG
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Look into organic gardening, there are plants that you can plant in your garden that repel pests like slugs. I don't know specificly about these bugs. You will have to do a little research.
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Look into organic gardening, there are plants that you can plant in your garden that repel pests like slugs. I don't know specificly about these bugs. You will have to do a little research.
And here I was thinking an AR with a night scope. ;D
FQ13
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And here I was thinking an AR with a night scope. ;D
FQ13
Nope. You need an AK. ;)
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I'd be pissed too.
I'm waiting now for my bell peppers to turn red before picking and I keep wondering what is going to get them before I do.
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Look into organic gardening, there are plants that you can plant in your garden that repel pests like slugs. I don't know specificly about these bugs. You will have to do a little research.
You know Tom, organic gardening doesn't necessarily mean "without chemicals or pesticides".
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I just eat the stuff ;D But my Dad used to have a fairly large Landscape business and I remember bits and pieces.
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https://www.topsyturvyoffer.com/?tid=3645
It works! We have one we planted in this year. Harvested it's goodies weeks ago.
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I always thought organic meant chemical free until I got involved with the process.
Right now in fact I'm waiting for a decision from the CCOF to determine if a couple chemicals are acceptable in organic production. It seems they have a "list" of what is and what isn't acceptable.
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https://www.topsyturvyoffer.com/?tid=3645
It works! We have one we planted in this year. Harvested it's goodies weeks ago.
My mother has one of those and is really pleased with it.
David, the way I understood it, as long as the chemicals are not ingested by the plant your OK, like spraying with soapy water to repel some insects (might work for M25 ) the soap has all kinds of chemicals, but they dry on the out side of the leaves and are not absorbed.
Like I said, I just remember bits and pieces .
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I'm finding out now that "organic" is more of a marketing ploy than a guarantee of how it was grown or produced.
Liquid Fertilizer Debacle Leads to Questions About the Integrity of Organic Food
[This piece originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of the Organic Center's monthly e-newsletter, "The Scoop."]
The Sacramento Bee broke the story about ammonium sulfate-spiked organic liquid fertilizers on December 28, 2008. The story triggered a flurry of negative commentaries about the integrity of organic food. This episode and its aftermath is sure to arise again and again as critics of the organic industry make the case that consumers cannot trust the organic label and are paying premium prices for products that are not different than conventional food.
According to the Bee story, an industry whistleblower tipped off the CDFA in June of 2004 that certain liquid fertilizer companies were using ammonium sulfate to artificially boost the nitrogen content of organic liquid fertilizers. This "industry whistleblower" could have worked for a liquid fertilizer company, an organic certifier, or conceivably, an organic farm operation.
About one year later, a CDFA inspector tested a sample of Biolizer XN, the leading product of California Liquid Fertilizer, and confirmed the presence of ammonium sulfate, an input not allowed in any organic fertilizer product.
OMRI, CCOF, CDFA, and organic farmers in California remain on high alert and investigations continue of other organic liquid fertilizer companies. One company under a cloud of suspicion for some time just announced it is ceasing operations. The added steps and independent oversight of organic liquid fertilizer products are bound to much more quickly detect any company trying to pad their profit margins by spiking organic fertilizers with cheap, petro-chemical sources of nitrogen.
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Hey m25, from being married to a tomato snob wife, who does not believe in pesticides, take some cayenne pepper and water in a spray bottle, and let it rip.
Ratio is 1 tsp. per 16 ounces... NOTHING will eat it, or get near it.... Won;t harm the plant, or change the flavor.
Also kick up the bone meal, for some reason I've read, pests can;t stand it..
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Those bastards are reason 1-10 why I don't plant tomatos... they are a real PITA.
on the plus side, I have tons of diffrent kinds of "hot" peppers...( I love hot food... I eat mexicans under the table all day long)
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Those bastards are reason 1-10 why I don't plant tomatos... they are a real PITA.
on the plus side, I have tons of diffrent kinds of "hot" peppers...( I love hot food... I eat mexicans under the table all day long)
Ya might want to think about changing that statement. ;)
(unless yer talking about these Mexicans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjOIVkvAIo )
;D
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Ya might want to think about changing that statement. ;)
(unless yer talking about these Mexicans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjOIVkvAIo )
;D
Roflmao...
on topic, try planting marigolds and pyretheum daisys around the tomatoes! ;)
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Basil around tomatoes help also...
I thought you guys meant this Mexican Beauty ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVf7N8CJEA&feature=related
Don't need no stinkin electric guitar...
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Mexico's answer to Dolly Parton.
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Basil around tomatoes help also...
I thought you guys meant this Mexican Beauty ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVf7N8CJEA&feature=related
Don't need no stinkin electric guitar...
And she's 65 in that video!!
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This is what they look like. And man can they eat.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aFtXDQnLGm4t8M:http://birdcarvings.net/TOMATO%2520HORNWORM%25206.JPG
Hey Bennie, they look pretty plump and juicy...I know they can eat but do they "eat well"?
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I rant with you, Texas Gardening has been tough this year. I did raised bed gardens with the finest soil from the Natural gardener, but every live plant I bought had either Squash vine borers, or whitefly. Okra produced good. Maybe the wet fall will be better. We need a cold winter to knock back the bugs. If We had to live off our garden this year, we would of starved! I'll add some cayenne to the spray bottle.