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Old July 25, 2009   #7
Fert1
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Yes, cockroaches will eat tomatoes. I've caught them nibbling at mine. It's usually late in the season, and it's those big outdoor roaches that a lot of people call water bugs or palmetto bugs. I think the actual name is wood cockroach or something to that effect. A roach by any other name is still just as disgusting though.

It's usually late in the season, when the plants have grown so tall that branches are lying on the floor of the deck. In other words, they go after tomatoes that are easily reached. They don't seem to want to climb the tomato plants, or at least mine don't. Maybe I have lazy roaches. LOL!
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