Tomatoes are the quintessential backyard vegetable plant, known for their relatively easy care and their red fruit. Though low-maintenance, tomato plants are occasionally afflicted with insect pests. These include fruit worms, aphids, hornworms and stink bugs, according to Clemson University. Several ...
Destructive Bugs Showing Up On Trees And Tomato PlantsKenneth Sharpe
Some plants are particularly susceptible to whiteflies, but they have been reported on 500 different types of ornamentals, vegetables and fruit trees. In the vegetable garden, whiteflies are most prevalent on tomatoes, cucurbits such as squash and pumpkins, and cruciferous plants like broccoli, kale...
They are known to feed on plants in the families Cucurbitaceae (gourds), Fabaceae, Malavaceae (includes Okra, cotton, and many others), and Solanaceae (Tomato, eggplant, capsicum, potato, etc). There’s a good bit of information online in the form of Google Books that I can’t figure ...
I’m also from Ohio (NW) and was interested in seeing if there any plants I didn’t know about (as far as natural pesticides), and saw a few that would neutralize insects on tomato plants I didn’t know about. THANKS!!! 0 Reply Starchynne 8 years ago Something is eating my ...
If you ever grew potatoes, then you must have seen the infestation of small, extraterrestrial insects crawling on the surface of leaves and near the roots. They can be quite a mess for your potato plants. They are known aspotato bugs, and if you have questions hovering in your mind, like...
This morning alone I saved my plants from literally hundreds of these little monsters and myself from hours of picking! It was truly shocking. I would never have found all of the nymphs on the pumpkin leaves that were in with the corn…. Not in a million years. ...
see on the caterpillar’s back (pictured below). If you see a parasitized caterpillar, don’t kill it. Instead, move it to elsewhere in your garden. The wasp larvae will take care of them for you and turn into more wasps, who will continue to do their good work in your tomato patch...
These plants were quick to grow, and soon filled the gallon milk jug I used as a temporary "hothouse". I finally left the plant uncovered. That evening I walked out to the garden for a few spinach leaves, and found my deer tongue so encased in slugs I could not see any of the ...
Although very beneficial for controlling lace bug infestation, be careful when using them since ornamental plants, shrubs, corn, small grains, and growing tomato plants attract them. They can feed on the juices and pollen of the susceptible plants they favor in your garden. Luckily, this only ...