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Declaring War On The Hornworms

06/29/08

Permalink 09:13:21 pm, by stjeanp Email , 91 words   English (US)
Categories: Home and Garden

Declaring War On The Hornworms

While puttering in the garden yesterday I noticed a couple big, green caterpillar like bugs decimating the pepper plants. They got removed and smooshed before they completely tore up the pepper plants. After a little searching on-line I found out that they are either tomato or tobacco hornworms. I also found a natural way to control and kill them, Bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally occurring bacterium that apparently takes them out within two or three days. All of the plants have been sprayed down, both in the containers and the regular garden.

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