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worldtraveler · March 12, 2017

Manual polination is working and I an getting 20-30% set and three weeks later and I am getting ripe fruit, but I have some type of boring worm and gets inside and ruins the tomatoes. They are white, skinny short, maybe 1cm or a bit less and very active. Wow. So for the first 4 to ripen had had these things. I also discovered a lot of mealy bugs on the stems and some leaves. I manually cleaned them off, but would like an organic solution to the mealy bug problem and what ever is boring into the fruit.

I heard that mealy bugs do not like coffee grounds, so I spread some of them on the surface of the soil, it may help with further re infestation, not sure.

Thanks for any ideas on these two pest issues!

March 12, 2017	#2
worldtraveler Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Thailand Posts: 9	Black Krim In Thailand Manual polination is working and I an getting 20-30% set and three weeks later and I am getting ripe fruit, but I have some type of boring worm and gets inside and ruins the tomatoes. They are white, skinny short, maybe 1cm or a bit less and very active. Wow. So for the first 4 to ripen had had these things. I also discovered a lot of mealy bugs on the stems and some leaves. I manually cleaned them off, but would like an organic solution to the mealy bug problem and what ever is boring into the fruit. I heard that mealy bugs do not like coffee grounds, so I spread some of them on the surface of the soil, it may help with further re infestation, not sure. Thanks for any ideas on these two pest issues!