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Check your tomatoes

12 years ago

I found loopers (caterpillars) on each of my tomato plants today, in the Houston area. They're either soybean or cabbage loopers. I'm not sure if the moths go out in waves, or are just isolated, but I thought I'd send out a warning call. Thankfully they're not as destructive as hornworms.

Good luck and have a great weekend!

Comments (3)

TxMarti
12 years ago
I found loopers on my coreopsis the other day and today found them on my bog sage! This means war!
Gardener972
12 years ago
I suspect it's going to be a REALLY BAD year for bugs of all sorts (especially fleas) this summer since we had one of the mildest winters I've ever seen here since we've been here ('89).
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sfmathews
12 years ago
I've found the worms and am fighting spider mites already. Grrrr!

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