I went for years without seeing one, too, until finally I grew some in a pot
away from the garden and got a few, however the wasps found them first and I
left them to produce more of the wasps.

susan

Pat Meadows wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:13:28 GMT, "SugarChile"
wrote:

As I understand it, tomatoes can be pollinated by the wind, so in that
respect you would probably be ok.

But I wonder what you would be trying to accomplish with the "insect proof
cage"? In my experience, tomatoes are not particularly prone to insect
damage. The exception might be tomato hornworms, but they are large and
relatively easy to spot and remove. And it seems to me that it would be
very difficult to exclude all insects, given that you need access to the
plants to prune and pick. There's bound to be a spot where something as
small as an insect could gain access, and you might end up trapping more
insects than you exclude. It doesn't seem like a very practical or
necessary idea.


You know, I keep reading and hearing about tomato hornworms.
But I've never actually SEEN one, and I've never seen any
other insect-damage to tomatoes either. (I've grown
tomatoes for about 25 years, in four different states and
one Canadian province.)

Maybe I've just been lucky.

Pat
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