Gardenbite: Dealing with Hornworms on Tomatoes

22/07/2022 4 min Episodio 124
Gardenbite: Dealing with Hornworms on Tomatoes

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Ack! What happened to the tomato plant!? Have you ever walked out to the garden to find out a hungry hungry caterpillar has stripped the leaves off your tomato plant? These are known as tomato hornworms. And in this week's Gardenbite, Ken Johnson describes the hornworm, a super neat way to find them, and how to control them. These are also pollinators, so if you prefer to give them a home Ken also has got you covered!

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