HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
- jfd.lew
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HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
Man I wish my wife would let me post the video! I found I have a good helping of hornworms in my garden this year. I went out and saw their droppings (HUGE!) and knew they were in there somewhere. I got lucky by not getting any last year. After about 10 minutes of searching, I saw him. Then another. And another. Its crazy how once you see one, you see all of them.
My 4 year old decided she wanted to scare Mom, so I plucked the biggest, juiciest one I could find and brought him inside to meet the wife. She kicked me. She honest to God kicked me.
After 20 minutes or so I had removed 6 or 7 finger sized worms. I know there's more in there, I just can't get in. The maters are too thick. A storm laid everything against the fence, bending the hell out of the cages. The three plants in this container have all grown together into a thick mater 'wall.'
My 4 year old decided she wanted to scare Mom, so I plucked the biggest, juiciest one I could find and brought him inside to meet the wife. She kicked me. She honest to God kicked me.
After 20 minutes or so I had removed 6 or 7 finger sized worms. I know there's more in there, I just can't get in. The maters are too thick. A storm laid everything against the fence, bending the hell out of the cages. The three plants in this container have all grown together into a thick mater 'wall.'
- Michael Wise
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Re: HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
Those are some premium worms you got there!
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Re: HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
Last year I probably plucked 3-4 dozen over the course of the summer
This season I have only seen 3. And the last one I saw was covered in parasitic wasp eggs. I left him be.
I don't know if the extremely hot and dry weather had anything to do with having fewer worms.
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This season I have only seen 3. And the last one I saw was covered in parasitic wasp eggs. I left him be.
I don't know if the extremely hot and dry weather had anything to do with having fewer worms.
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Re: HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
My wife messed around with a Topsy-Turvy last year for tomatoes. These guys manage to destroy all the plants and tomatoes. Needless to say we didn't get any tomatoes, but he got quite a feast. I probably could have been more on top of it but didn't even notice it until it had pretty much devoured the entire plant.
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Re: HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
it is funny how once you spot one you soon spot all the others! My 4 yr old daughter liked playing with them this summer....I liked stepping on them and watching them blow green goo all over!
- Michael Wise
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Re: HUGE harvest tonight...Of Hornworms.
I became fairly adept at following poop trails this year.
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