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Posted by SweetPea7753 Iowa (My Page) on

Tue, Sep 20, 11 at 16:53

I have yet to enjoy a single tomato from my garden for the second year in a row. My tomato plant is lush and beautiful and full of large, green tomatoes. But right as they start to ripen, spotted cucumber beetles eat them up. I have a tomatoes that looks like a human took a bite out of it but I can see the beetles inside the tomato. I have researched the internet and can't find anything about this problem. I do not like to spray my veg with anything, but at this point I'm ready to do what I can to get some tomatoes. The plants are heirloom Cherokee red. Help! Thanks.

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Posted by jean001a 7 Portland OR (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 20, 11 at 23:32

If you have large bites, the cuke beetles may just be taking advantage of the open-door policy at the buffet.

Perhaps you have rats. Or something else.

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Posted by TomatoWorm59 none (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 22, 11 at 11:41

Just a very light dusting of Sevin powder cures any cuke beetle problem.

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Posted by SweetPea7753 none (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 23, 11 at 0:05

Thanks for the feedback! I decided I didn't want to mess with them anymore so late in the season, so I just took off all my green tomatoes and brought them inside. Now I'm researching ways to ripen green tomatoes (I'm seeing newspaper is a popular method). But I will try the Sevin next year if I have the same problem. I'm going to try a non-heirloom variety next year to see if I have better luck. I did try taking a picture, but my camera is acting up and would not behave. I'm pretty sure it was the beetles. They would burrow their way inside and just eat themselves silly. Thanks!

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