Hornworms are big and easy to control by simply picking them off. Look
for them by noting the damage, and looking in that area. Also, if it's
quiet enough, you can shake the plant and listen for the clicking noise.

We used to amuse ourselves by plucking them off and feeding them to the
chickens.

If you see one with little white cocoons on its back, leave it alone.
It will do little damage, and the cocoons will hatch little parasitic
wasps that will work well at keeping the hornworm population down.


Ray


"Craig" wrote in message
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Hi Again all,

Hornworms eh.....

All the leaves were taken from the stem on every plant except 4 now.
Also
today 2 Pepper plants were stripped. Do they eat those as well? I'll
have to
check for the buggers tommorrow morning when there is some light. I
guess
I'll try the sevin....

Thanks

Craig

"Katra" wrote in message
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In article ,
Larry Blanchard wrote:

In article KatraMungBean-
,
says...
But when it comes to rapid destruction by critters such as
hornworms,
there is a time and a place for pesticides and sevin is the most
benign
of them!

I thought malathion was less dangerous than Sevin? Seems to me
I remember reading it wasn't harmful to anything with a
functioning liver, as the liver converted it to something
harmless.

But Sevin is the best spray for cornsilks :-).

Malathion kills birds.
Sevin does not...

I lost some baby ducklings because my neighbor used Malathion for
fire
ants and it washed into my yard during a rain. :-(

K.

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