We have been staring at our tomato plants in an effort to find the caterpillars that are eating them. We stare and stare and – if we’re lucky – we find ONE of the big, fat green gloriously camouflaged critters and squash them.
Today at Lunch Bunch, my friend Kay told us about a product she and her husband use on their garden. “Eight.” She said you mix it with water and spray your plants. Usually, you only have to do it once for the season. She hasn’t had ANY pests eating her plants.
Assuming it cools off this evening – right now the actual temperature is 108 with a heat index of 113 – we’ll mix up a batch and spray everything. The man at the co-op said it was safe to use around our pets, and that it wouldn’t harm humans, either.
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that it works!
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those tomato worms are so huge and disgusting !!! I am glad you found something that works !!
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I couldn’t agree more. One of my husband’s favorite things is stepping on them after throwing them on the ground, and feeling them go “SQUIT!” Yuck. Makes my skin crawl. The Eight may be too late for this year, but we’ll use it at the beginning of the season next year. The spray is supposed to last one month, so we’ll spray when we plant, and then a month later…
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Ewww, that would make my skin crawl too !! I am hoping to garden next year as well !! We ended up with a bunch of cement blocks for a project we decided not to do and figure we can make a great raised bed with them !!
I may do what our neighbor does for his tomatoes. He uses those 20 gallon storage tubs and drills holes in the bottom and sets them in his yard. He gets so many beautiful plants and they are loaded ! He says the tomatoes love the heat on the roots ! Thought I would share that as I know you are looking for good tips !!
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Thanks for the good tip, Stephie. I’ve about decided to concentrate on our brick “nook” planter (the one between the back of the house and the porch. My husband is trying to figure out a really secure ‘housing’ for them. We can’t sink a post into the ground because it’s a planter and is on a slab. We’ll figure out something so that the storms don’t get them next year.
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twith your bad storms the tubs could work for you, you can put them on a piece of wood or metal with wheels and put the drain holes at the bottom on the sides, when storms are coming, you can drag or push them them to safety !!! lol !!!
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I’ll sure talk to my husband about this, Stephie. Thanks so much!
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