"GROSS" Tomato Horn Worn Now On My Egg Plant

[saddog68889]

Cut them in half they will die

[badboyorganics]

@saddog68889 Thanks for commenting....

-Devin

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[SewMyWorld]

He's huge.lol

[Mtoker68]

I think it would be way kool if you took the little buggers and dropped them on the ground and step on them squashing and smearing them under your shoe , grinding them into the grass . please can you do a video showing that?

[badboyorganics]

@Mtoker68 OK... now that is nasty... as they have green blood or something inside of them.

-Devin

BBO

[Mtoker68]

@badboyorganics yeah but I think the video would get a lot of hits , there's a lot of people into seeing nasty bugs get squished, the vids are all over You Tube. , and to me it makes more sense than cutting them in half.

[mudgehannah18]

love the vid

[badboyorganics]

@mudgehannah18 thank you!

-Devin

BBO

[mudgehannah18]

i love the vid if you kep geting rid of them and not killing them thay wont cume back

[Twisted86]

@badboyorganics

Few things that I was told that helps. Till your garden 1-2 days after your done for the year, till again when it gets cold out (30-40F at night) and do it later in the evening, then till a week before you plant. This helps kill the cocoon stages thus the moth never pops out and the cycle is over. This helps you next year.

Bacillus Thuringiensis is organic and kills the caterpillar stages and if you grow Dill do it next to the infected plants. Easier to spot and they LOVE dill.

[lindstedt56]

You can give them to me, my chameleon would love to have them. I actually buy hornworms for him once a month or so.

[chopperpig]

Put coffee ground around the plant! It works! I found 7 on my tomato plant once.

[CombineWizard]

Should have just left it alone. One caterpillar is not going to wipe out your big eggplant. The plant is already about to lose many leaves naturally and if you just prune back the plant, you will get bigger fruits.

[badboyorganics]

@CombineWizard Actually they can devour the leaves on a tomato plant in days if not eradicated.

-Devin

BBO 

[CombineWizard]

@badboyorganics That depends on

 1] The number of caterpillars.

2] The age/size of your tomato plants.

3] the number of plants.

Still, the cat you found, was just one, and on a very large eggplant.

[badboyorganics]

@CombineWizard You are correct, but I did find more on our tomato plants. AND I was told if I toss them over the fence they will make their way back.

I just wish I had some free range chickens to take care of them.

Thanks again for watching and commenting.

-Devin

BBO

[71groundpndr]

And, yes. Chickens will take care of them real good.

[71groundpndr]

If you want to get rid of them, get rid of them. Don't throw them over the fence so they can reproduce and come back.

[one98z28]

Those are tobacco hornworms. Tomato hornworms have V patterns and brown horn, and tobacco have stripes with a red horn.

[badboyorganics]

@one98z28 You are correct! I have learned this since I made this video.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Devin

BBO

[10huskys]

get u some chickens

[happyhomes100]

you should put up a sign that says no "Tomatoe Horn Worms!"

[Mtoker68]

why don't you step on them ?

[Suzakie]

to me it looks cute. ^^ do they turn into moths or anything? since its not really a worm i dont think

[badboyorganics]

@Suzakie they turn into what is called Hawk Moths, they was really huge, I believe 4-5" wing span and can be confused with humming birds.

Thanks for commenting and watching.

Devin

BBO

[pcpchic]

My first tomato hornworm luckily was infested with the braconid wasp---it had freaky white eggs dangling on it's carcass. I've been reading not to kill those parasitized hornworms so you can have an army of wasps protecting the garden!

[badboyorganics]

@pcpchic That is what I hear... but I have not had been so fortunate to have the wasps lay any eggs.

Thanks for watching and commenting and good luck with your tomato plants!

Devin

BBO

[badboyorganics]

After watching this video again, I realized I should have killed this sucker instead of throwing it over the fence.

Devin

BBO

[TM8TOn8]

You need to kill them. When its done eating, it will burrow into the ground and emerge as a hawk moth. It will then fly back over the fence to your nightshade plants and lay its eggs in your garden and you will soon be feeding your fat green friends once again. Check out my vid for an organic eradication method.

[badboyorganics]

@TM8TOn8 Seriously a hawk moth?

Yep... they are gross.... we kill them on site.

Where do they do in the day time?

How quick do they grow?

Devin

BBO

P.S. Thanks for watching and I will check out your video.

[TM8TOn8]

@badboyorganics Not sure where the moths go in the day. The worms grow quickly, They eat a lot and quickly. I found one half the size of my pinky and flicked it off not knowing what it was. I went on vacation, came home a week later and there were about 10 worms that were quadruple the size. The tops of all my plants were eaten and transformed into what seemed to be an endless amount of worm poo underneath my plants (kinda looks like rabbit poo)

[badboyorganics]

@TM8TOn8 It is crazy how fast they grow.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Devin

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[jackattack19901]

burn its ass



[badboyorganics]

@jackattack19901 I aGREE!!!

Devin

[MizzBryant09]

wasps will eat them...plant rhings that attract preditory insects like wasps or spiders....chamomile attracts wasps

[badboyorganics]

@MizzBryant09 Thanks for the tips, and watching and commenting on the video.

Devin

BBO

[41mel27]

squish and gone

[mariaismawati]

what about garlic and pepper spray mix with liquid soap, i heard that solve the problem, i willing to give it try this week too.

[samcolburn71]

whe ever you find a hornworm, feed it to a bearded dragon if you have one

they are very good pets and hornworms are very good snacks for bearded dragons.... or another solution is buy a bearded dragon and keep it in your back yard but make sure that you live in a warm place then he will eat all of the weird insects but dont let your bearded dragon get too fat otherwise he wont hunt insects... and dont worry if he yeas spiders or bees, they are immune to venom and stuff that can kill it...=)

[badboyorganics]

@samcolburn71 I give up, what is a bearded dragon?

[margike100]

plant flowers to attract beneficial insects.



[Pitiey10]

its come from the soil ...

[badboyorganics]

@Pitiey10 I believe the neem oil has taken care of these.

Devin

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[ConsulOfTheAge]

Tomato hornworms are the larvae of the Carolina sphinx. A close relative is the tobacco hornworm, which is almost indistinguishable, is the larvae of the 5 spotted hawk moth. The leaves of the eggplant and tomato plants and all other plants in the nightshade family have toxins, which is why you never see animals eating the caterpillars. The only natural predators of these are parisitic wasps, and other predatory insects. If you find a caterpillar with white cocoons on its back, leave it......

[badboyorganics]

@ConsulOfTheAge Of all the horn worms I found, I didn't discover any with the wasp cocoons on them. Trust me I was hoping to find at least one, but I had no luck finding one infected.

thanks for educating my on the plant toxins.

Devin

BBo

[LaneD83]

But seriously, My mother grew big ass tomatoes and the only thing that were a threat were jealous neighbors. You have huge ass worms.....your doing something good.

[badboyorganics]

@LaneD83 those are not the kind of worms I'm want to have.

Just some earthworms and red wigglers is it.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Devin

BBO

[LaneD83]

I wanna say that your plants are just that good in fact, you personally have to get rid of them.

[VccTristenccV]

can you send me a horned worm i love wooly worms and or cattipilars ill take all of them

[VccTristenccV]

can you send me a horned worm i love wooly worms and or cattipilars

[badboyorganics]

@Aimrehtopyh why did you remove, what was the comment about?

[Aimrehtopyh]

@badboyorganics It was just a triple-post of the same comment because youtube was being jinky.

[badboyorganics]

@Aimrehtopyh Just curious, I always try to reply to all my comments received.

Thanks for watching....

Devin BBO

[Aimrehtopyh]

I found this on wiki. "Gardeners' anecdotes have mentioned the use of a blacklight to find the hornworms on tomato plants at night, where they glow under the ultraviolet." Another website says they can be destroyed by dropping them into a bucket of soapy water, if I were a caterpillar I'd rather be crushed to death.

[badboyorganics]

@Aimrehtopyh ahhhh...soapy water, I tried that & put ice cubes in there thinking they would drowned in the ICY soapy water. The next day they were moving once I took them out of the bucket.

I used insecticidal soap on the plant a few days ago, & I have not seen any indication of them being around.

BUT, I still check morning and evening daily to insure they are being disposed of.

Also the insecticidal soap has taken care of my other pests on my plants.

Thanks for watching and posting.

Devin

BBO

[mmmike29]

try natural predators. I know you probably do not like the idea of wasps however if you dont mess with them they will not mess with you. It sounds like your lacking natural predators. For example if you have aphids you would unleash lady bugs. So at the risk of rambling on I feel that you are picking up what i am dropping to you.

[badboyorganics]

@mmmike29 You are probably correct.

Do lady bugs eat plants also?

I have seen what resemble a yellow lady bug, but they are eating the plants also.

Would you know what they are?

I sprayed yesterday with an Organic pestilential soap. Hope it works!

Devin

BBO

[ksandy666]

Try Killing the larva you find, if you just throw them over the fence, they will come back.If you till up your garden after the plants are dead and see a brown almost pine cone like thing in the dirt, thats a pupa for a tomato horn worm, kill it as well so it dosnt reporoduce in the spring. 

[badboyorganics]

@ksandy666 I have been trying to find the source where they are coming from as they go away or hind in the daytime then come out toward the evening.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Devin

BBO

[Commentaur]

They keep coming here at my house too! =(

[badboyorganics]

@Commentaur

I have never had this issue in the past, I went out and found 3 more today, one on my hot peppers, a HUGE one on my bell peppers and a small one on my cherry tomato's.

I also found some tiny caterpillars on the underside of a couple leaves.

I check my plants daily and they move fast or they really camouflaged well.

Keep on the look out and eliminate them.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Devin

BBO

Not sure how to fight these suckers.

[Commentaur]

@badboyorganics never had this issue in the past either. Guess it's the summer heat or stuff.

[500passwords]

cant you put seven dust on them ??

[badboyorganics]

@500passwords

500 I understand that 7 will kill a pests, good or bad and will kill off the earthworm population which is really not good for gardens.

I'm looking for a more natural way to rid me of these pests.

[justkarmatoo]

@badboyorganics Do a little research into DE powder and neem oil. I have found a few and killed um. I think the birds and spiders take care of most of them. Good luck.

ps: I like neem oil mixed as directed with the same amount of liquid dish-washing soap. As you are aware DE powder kills everything just about.

[badboyorganics]

@justkarmatoo I'm not sure what DE powder and neem oil is.

Can you elaborate?

Thanks!

Devin

BBO

[justkarmatoo]

@badboyorganics Devin I made a video for you which I will try to send in regard to the neem oil and DE powder. If you don't get it you wil just have to go to my uploads.

Later....

[badboyorganics]

@justkarmatoo I approved it, thanks!