Comments on: tomatoes from seed: 2 secrets

By: margaret

margaret — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:24:46 +0000

Welcome to Renee. No, no, it’s not the lights–everybody knows the seeds for the hornworms come right in the tomato-seed packets. ;-)
(But now I will have to go check into your other theory, thanks for the tip.)

By: renee

renee — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:45:03 +0000

After a run-in with tomato hornworms, it was suggested to me that the caterpillars were there because my patio lights had attracted hawk moths which had laid their eggs there.
Love your site!

By: margaret

margaret — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:02:36 +0000

Welcome to A Way to Garden, Linda. Yes, agreed–hence my caption that says “better yet not grown.” I planted it 20 years ago; spend a lot of time these days digging it out and putting in the garbage.
On the forums at http://awaytogarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25 we were talking yesterday about local natives as well; maybe worth a look.
Margaret