How Do You Kill Green Worms In A Garden?
If you have ever discovered your tomato plants stripped bare of their leaves, chances are good tomato hornworms have invaded your garden. Pale green with white and black markings, these ever-hungry caterpillars grow to 3 1/2 to 4 inches long when mature. They can cause a lot of damage in a short amount of time if you don’t keep an eye out for them. Fortunately for the vigilant gardener, this garden pest isn’t that hard to control. Visit your garden at night with a flashlight. Although you can see hornworms at any time during the day, it is usually a lot easier to spot them after dark using a flashlight. The best and most common method to get rid of them is simply to remove them by hand and dispose of them. Spray neem oil on your garden visitors if killing hornworms by hand makes you uncomfortable. Neem oil comes from the seeds of the neem plant, an evergreen tree considered a natural organic pesticide. Try a solution of dish soap and water: Put a teaspoon of dish soap in a spray bottle
