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Old July 31, 2018   #1
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Default Found a few caterpillars on the tomato plants this am.....

....and began removing them by hand, but realized there were more than I wanted to deal with, and besides I could miss some. So, got out the Spinosad, and gave it to them for breakfast. Fortunately, the plants are inspected daily, and hopefully this will be nipped quickly.
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I don't know about Spinosad but bt works very well on caterpillars.
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Thanks. Foliage feeding worms/caterpillars is the number one insect on the spinosad label, but BT is next on the hit parade if I have to kick it up a notch. Ed
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