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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / April 2008Tomato cutworms, foil and wilt
On P. Allen Smith's Web site, he suggests: Wrap tomato seedling stems with aluminum foil to deter cutworms. Once the plants mature the stem will thicken enough that these pests wont be a problem and you can remove the foil. Anybody heard of this? ALSO: Last year was tragic for tomatoes. Wilt,wilt, wilt. Not just me. Any way to take pro-active steps? TIA Persephone >On P. Allen Smith's Web site, he suggests: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Anybody heard of this? No, but I see no reason it won't work. You cna make collars from other things, so why not foil? >ALSO: Last year was tragic for tomatoes. Wilt,wilt, wilt. >Not just me. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Persephone Charlie Persephone said: >On P. Allen Smith's Web site, he suggests: > >Wrap tomato seedling stems with aluminum foil to deter cutworms. >Once the plants mature the stem will thicken enough that these pests >wont be a problem and you can remove the foil. I use a strip of newspaper to wrap my tomato stems. No need to remove anything later! >ALSO: Last year was tragic for tomatoes. Wilt,wilt, wilt. >Not just me. > >Any way to take pro-active steps? Got an in with the Weather Gods? Because I think that'd be 90% of the solution...  SignaturePat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) After enlightenment, the laundry. > On P. Allen Smith's Web site, he suggests: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any way to take pro-active steps? If the wilt is Fusarium or Verticillium wilt you need to locate your tomatos, potatoes, peppers, eggplants, and basil to another location for three to four years. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/index.html Search page for Fusarium and Verticillium Wilts of Tomato, Potato, Pepper, and Eggplant, HYG-3122-96 (pdf) and down load. > TIA > > Persephone SignatureBilly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0svwMdY&feature=related |
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