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Hamilton Nj

boy i thought i ate alot but theese horn worms eat more then me lol !!!!!! anyone getting theese ugly things in their garden???? i lost the tops of three plants this week !!!! but i think i got them all i hope!!! pizza

8/16/2010 1:38:33 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Just one can ruin your season. They get progressively larger but the ones I find all seem to be finger sized. They always get turned into bugpaste with a shovel on the concrete (street gutter) so I know they won't be back.

Been getting them around here since early July, trust me, with being head of tomato weighoff, I have heard about EVERY one found in the county.... and all the other 'mater ailments.

If you have preteens, show them some really good pictures if they don't know what they are, and offer $10 for each one they find and jar IN your own garden only (no raiding theirs etc) and they will find them. When they present the jars for bounty make sure you get them all and empty and smash the buggies yourself or they WILL get recycled for bonus... heh.

8/16/2010 1:55:36 PM

Hamilton Nj

thanks deb, i check every day now got a pair of scissors out with me they work great lol pizza found 2 yesterday and 3 day before i thought some kids broke my plants but it was the horn worms lol !!!

8/16/2010 2:35:54 PM

Northern California Foothills

I've gotten two in the last two days. I hope there aren't any more.

8/16/2010 8:32:44 PM

Hamilton Nj

keep looking i had 2 one day, 3 the next and 2 today pizza

8/16/2010 10:42:52 PM

Pataskala,OH

Maybe you could use BT? It says it kills horn worms on the bottle.

8/17/2010 11:01:19 AM

The bottom of New Jersey

$10 per worm?!?!?! Where do I sign up? LOL!

8/17/2010 11:48:43 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Usually if I have had hornworms, it's been ONE maybe two. For $10 they will comb the entire yard hard. :)

8/17/2010 12:58:16 PM

Lexington, Ky

I had them earlier and they turned into the most beautiful hummingbird moths, glad I didn't take them all out!

8/17/2010 2:13:15 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

You can sell them to this chef. He sells them as food.
http://www.smallstockfoods.com/index.php

YUK!!!!!!

8/17/2010 5:26:50 PM

Hamilton Nj

oh my, hell no ,not enough beer to make me eat those suckers lol the teqila worm is okay lol ~!!! i saw one guy recomended (dipet) to use on them and someone told me to use seven!!! i think i got them all none tonight
thanks pizza

8/17/2010 9:10:51 PM