Worm killing young tomato plants
I live in Northern California. This year for the first time, shortly after
transplanting tomato plants they began to wilt. I pulled them up and found a reddish colored worm inside the main stem. What are these and how do I control them? |
Worm killing young tomato plants
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:37:24 -0700, "MEL" wrote:
I live in Northern California. This year for the first time, shortly after transplanting tomato plants they began to wilt. I pulled them up and found a reddish colored worm inside the main stem. What are these and how do I control them? Could be army worms: http://www.thegardenhelper.com/armyworm.html Or wire worms: http://cropwatch.unl.edu/photos/insectpho.htm |
Worm killing young tomato plants
MEL said:
I live in Northern California. This year for the first time, shortly after transplanting tomato plants they began to wilt. I pulled them up and found a reddish colored worm inside the main stem. What are these and how do I control them? Could be European corn borers. Not much you can do once they are inside the plant stems. -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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