JTFeeliNBlues

TOMATO PLANTS..HELP, PLZ !!!

Posted on 06/22/08, 07:48 am

EVER SINCE I PLANTED MY TOMATO PLANTS...I'V BEEN SEEING SOME REALLY STRANGE BUGS..DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ABOUT A GOOD SPRAY 4 THE PLANTS, SO THAT THE BUGS DN'T DAMAGE MY TOMATOES N' THE PLANT ITSELF WITHOUT COMPROMISING OUR HEALTH?? THNX :)

• Reply #1 06/22/08  2:01pm
  
  kiska
  If you don't laugh at me I will give you a Tonic I use with success!!
  1 cup of liquid dish soap
  1 cup of chewing tobacco juice**
  1 cup of antiseptic mouth wash
  mix all ingredients into a 20 gallon hose-end sprayer, filling the rest with water. This you can use for all plants, Now to make the tobacco juice** Go buy chewing tobacco ( any cheep kind ) Take a good pinch or three fingers out of the bag and tie it into an old pair of panty-hose or cheese cloth. Let it soak in a gallon of hot water I wait for over night so its good and strong.
  The dish soap and mouth wash I buy at the dollar store. Real cheep and best safest way to kill the bugs. Formula is out of a Jerry Baker Garden Book.
  Still wash Vegetables before you eat them** Unless you don't mind the taste of tobacco, soap, and mouth wash?? LOL
• Reply #2 06/22/08  4:23pm
  
  LynneC
  Be sure that these are not beneficial bugs before you zap them; are there any signs that they are eating your plants? If they are beneficial, then you could have more trouble down the line if you destroy them, as they are keeping down the numbers of destructive bugs. Look for an insect identification web site, or consult your local ag office.
• Reply #3 06/24/08  12:10pm
  
  Nellynumb
  This is interesting, thanks for the tips, Ive just planted some myself and dont want to go the harmful chemical way of growing them, thanks girls xx
• Reply #4 06/26/08  8:55am
  
  challenger
  typically just dish soap and water in a spray bottle should be good enough, just required daily
• Reply #5 07/02/08  8:09pm
  
  BigBadger
  As LynneC says, really look up about those bugs first before the massacre.
  If you must, then my dear old dad swears by rubbing is hands in a bucket of water with normal body washing soap until the water is milky, and squirting that on the plant. If its safe to wash your face with and get in your mouth when you shower or bath, then it wont poison the crops or the soil.
  
  I had hassles with aphids on my tomatos and blackfly on my nasturtiums. I just rub em off with my fingers and squash them. If your squeamish then ask the kids to do it, as little lads love killing things on mass, Lol , or wear rubber gloves and just go for it.
• Reply #6 07/23/08  11:01pm
  
  JTFeeliNBlues
  MY TOMATO PLANTS DIED :(
• Reply #7 07/24/08  12:44pm
  
  Nellynumb
  Oh :-( sorry to hear that blues, Ive got two tomatoes on mine, I use the dish soap and water trick, but little holes seem to still appear in the leaves, but so far so good :-)
• Reply #8 09/09/08  12:16am
  
  lovemy2
  make sure you dont rid it of any wasp that visit. bracanoid wasp lay eggs in the tomato horn worm...tomatoes biggest enemy. (these are the ones that turn into the sphinx moths) if you are seeing areas that have been de-leafed, look for the worm..if you find it, remove and destroy it. and keep looking for more because there probably are. otherwise, just and insecticidal soap, you can make it or buy an organic one at walmart.

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