![]() ![]() ![]() Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: go./goodgrowingsubscribeĪny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. Before they have a chance to do harm, the beneficial insects feed on Caterpillar eggs and larvae. Hornworm suppression is helped by predatory insects like ladybugs, green lacewings, trichogramma parasitic wasps, and braconid wasps. These are also pollinators, so if you prefer to give them a home Ken also has got you covered!Ĭheck out the Good Growing Blog: go./goodgrowing Beneficial insects are effective for tomato hornworm control. And in this week's Gardenbite, Ken Johnson describes the hornworm, a super neat way to find them, and how to control them. Naturally occurring populations of the parasitic wasp Trichogramma help control the tomato fruit worm in processing tomatoes grown in the Sacramento Valley. Ack! What happened to the tomato plant!? Have you ever walked out to the garden to find out a hungry hungry caterpillar has stripped the leaves off your tomato plant? These are known as tomato hornworms. Insect pests include an enormous number of species from tiny thrips, that are nearly invisible to the naked eye, to the large larvae of the tomato horn- worm.
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