Could this SOB be the reason why my flowers aren’t fruiting?
Could this SOB be the reason why my flowers aren’t fruiting?
by dantex79
11 Comments
dantex79
I should add it’s a Bush tomato plant.
lobsterpasta
Yes, hornworm. Horrid little tomato-devouring fuckers. Kill it with fire / pluck them off and set out for your feathered friends. You can use a black light to find them at night.
JameMorriso
Not unless he’s making it hot, or using a high nitrogen unbalanced fertilizer!
wickidchikin
Gross! I just plucked 3 off two of my plants this morning! I was horrified to see what looked like little mouse droppings on some leaves and after looking it up realized it must be hornworms… follow the fecal trail and you will find them! 🤮
Jimbobjoesmith
no but pretty soon you won’t have a tomato plant to worry about. get rid of those bastards now. they’ll devour them over a weekend.
ApricotBackground407
KILL.
Impressive_Okra_2913
If your temps are 90 or above, tomatoes won’t produce flowers.
TensionTraditional36
Weather has been really humid and hot here, which often sends plants into a survival mode where they don’t want to use the energy to fruit
InYosefWeTrust
The birds and wasps have been putting in some incredible work in my garden the past few weeks. I thought I was in trouble when I first started seeing these guys, but now I see little birds hopping around in the garden and attacking bugs on the tomato plants every day.
Technician-Temporary
Neem oil in a spray bottle. Dilute with water
sonaut
Cut them in half with pruners on the vine. That’s how I do it.
11 Comments
I should add it’s a Bush tomato plant.
Yes, hornworm. Horrid little tomato-devouring fuckers. Kill it with fire / pluck them off and set out for your feathered friends. You can use a black light to find them at night.
Not unless he’s making it hot, or using a high nitrogen unbalanced fertilizer!
Gross! I just plucked 3 off two of my plants this morning! I was horrified to see what looked like little mouse droppings on some leaves and after looking it up realized it must be hornworms… follow the fecal trail and you will find them! 🤮
no but pretty soon you won’t have a tomato plant to worry about. get rid of those bastards now. they’ll devour them over a weekend.
KILL.
If your temps are 90 or above, tomatoes won’t produce flowers.
Weather has been really humid and hot here, which often sends plants into a survival mode where they don’t want to use the energy to fruit
The birds and wasps have been putting in some incredible work in my garden the past few weeks. I thought I was in trouble when I first started seeing these guys, but now I see little birds hopping around in the garden and attacking bugs on the tomato plants every day.
Neem oil in a spray bottle. Dilute with water
Cut them in half with pruners on the vine. That’s how I do it.