[CH] hornworms in chiles
Margaret Lauterbach (mlaute@micron.net)
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 09:52:51 -0600
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:27:40 -0400
From: "byron bromley" <byron.bromley@gsd-co.com>
Subject: [CH] Hornworm
Miss Dewi,
Been trying to find species of hornworm that you have.
Guess they are different on this side of the pond.
Here is a description of tobacco/tobacco hornworm.
I would like at least Sir Gareth to note, is the statement that 1 method of
hornworm control is low nitrogen.
http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/AG271/tobacco/hornworms.html
Lord Byron
The best method of control is to leave your hornets alone, and let them
control the hornworms. If hornets aren't in my way, they are left alone.
They cruise up and down the rows of my garden, looking for tiny larvae (and
hornworms once were tiny) with which to provision their egg cases. I
haven't had tomato hornworms for years. I am not talking about yellow
jackets. They are different critters than what I'm talking about. Plain
old mud wasps or hornets. Margaret Lauterbach