A tomato hornworm can grow up to 5 inches long and as fat as your ... and a black 'horn' or spur on their posterior segment.

Growing tomatoes is universally popular, and every grower envisions healthy plants laden with lots of flowers and fruits.

Imagine that you're a beautiful tomato plant growing in a garden. Sunlight, earthworm casings to eat, rain to drink. It sounds peaceful until a barrage of hungry caterpillars come. What can you do ...

These large (up to 4 inches long) green caterpillars ... to tomato plants. Hornworm damage usually begins happening in midsummer and will continue throughout the remainder of the growing season.

These green caterpillars grow to be four inches long. Tomato hornworms have eight V-shaped ... a container of soapy water or chopping them up to feed to wild birds. Gardeners have some natural ...

Question: I love growing my own tomatoes, but every year at least one of my plants has tomatoes with black, rotten ends. I’ve noticed other problems such as skin cracking and large caterpillars.

Injured tomato plants can induce caterpillars to become cannibals. John Orrock Plants are often seen as taking a passive role in their environments, just hanging out and soaking up the sunlight.

After you figure out how to manage pests like aphids and mites then the fun begins: figuring out how to grow the best ... One of the most annoying tomato pests are cutworms (the caterpillars of a ...

And caterpillars grow up to be moths and butterflies ... squashes and watermelons. Plant tomato and bell pepper seeds in mid-to late July in pots or cell packs to produce transplants for planting ...

Unfortunately, tomatoes are not the easiest vegetable to grow in our area, so a little knowledge on some of the potential problems might be helpful. Blossom end rot One common problem with ...