How Do You Remove Tomato Hornworms From Tomato Plants?
Tomato hornworms are a hawkmoth in the caterpillar stage. The tomato hornworm’s coloring closely matches the color of the tomato plant. Tomato hornworm’s have white stripes down each side and a dark red or black stripe down the entire length of their back, ending in a “horn” like spike. A tomato hornworm infestation starts when the hawkmoth lays it’s eggs on the underside of the tomato plants leaves. These eggs will hatch usually within a month. A tomato hornworm will be very small at first, but will grow to around 4 inches in length, very quickly! If the tomato hornworms are not found and removed from the tomato plants, your entire crop of plants can be destroyed within 1 – 2 days! There are several methods of removing tomato hornworms from tomato plants. I will share with you the methods that I know about. Tomato hornworms are very large, up to 4 inches in length, so they are easy to spot. You will usually find the tomato hornworms along the stem of the tomato plant. Just pick the to
