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Old 10-12-2003, 11:12 AM
andr0meda
 
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Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)


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Old 11-12-2003, 12:03 AM
Maren Purves
 
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andr0meda wrote:
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?


Safer soap?
(I myself use Ivory dish detergent).


Maren

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Old 11-12-2003, 01:02 AM
Lorenzo L. Love
 
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andr0meda wrote:

Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)


Anything you could possibly use is a chemical. Water is a chemical.
Organic just means it is derived from natural sources.
There are many pesticides derived from plants. Pyrethrin which is made
from a type of chrysanthemum is quite common and should work on your
beetles but will kill beneficial insects too. BT which is a bacterial
spore in a liquid carrier, is usually usually best for caterpillars and
generally less likely to hurt beneficials. There are different varieties
of BT for different bugs.
See http://www.ghorganics.com/Page44.html for a list of organic
pesticides. Remember that just because it's organic, it won't poison you
if you misuse it. Follow directions and you will be fine.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Cicero

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Old 11-12-2003, 03:32 AM
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Lorenzo L. Love wrote:

andr0meda wrote:

Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat
on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really
don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)


Anything you could possibly use is a chemical. Water is a chemical.
Organic just means it is derived from natural sources.
There are many pesticides derived from plants. Pyrethrin which is made
from a type of chrysanthemum is quite common and should work on your
beetles but will kill beneficial insects too. BT which is a bacterial
spore in a liquid carrier, is usually usually best for caterpillars and
generally less likely to hurt beneficials. There are different varieties
of BT for different bugs.
See http://www.ghorganics.com/Page44.html for a list of organic
pesticides. Remember that just because it's organic, it won't poison you
if you misuse it. Follow directions and you will be fine.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Cicero


That should be "just because it's organic, it won't NOT poison you if
you misuse it" Anything can be misused.

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Old 11-12-2003, 03:32 AM
Thomas
 
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uh...can't you just pick them off? What am I missing? Then no usage of
anything except your time.
"andr0meda" wrote in message
...
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on

were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really

don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)






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Old 11-12-2003, 11:45 AM
andr0meda
 
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Thanks!
I have, last night. I also think this might be best, but I work all waking
hours (almost) but, Hey!
Tonight I ate my very first own tomato!!!!!!! split and spotty, but nothing
wrong with it.
Yuppee!!!!!!
Andr0

"Thomas" wrote in message
...
uh...can't you just pick them off? What am I missing? Then no usage of
anything except your time.
"andr0meda" wrote in message
...
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something

looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on

were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really

don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)






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Old 12-12-2003, 12:32 PM
andr0meda
 
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Thank you all for your sound advice! It starts making sense to me after
reading it all, and a few websites that I found as well. Like this one:
http://wiwi.essortment.com/homemadeorgani_renu.htm
I will keep an eye on those dreadful bugs,
Regards,
Andr0


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