CLOSED: Got Horn Worms? Don't get BT! Go organic!

Catssdawg2 Whitesboro, TX Jun 14, 2008

Found the easiest & fastest way to organically get rid of horn worms as I live in the country & have lots of animals around so I organic garden only! Go buy a black light bulb for about $3 at WalMart & wait for dark & go out w/ a lamp w/black light bulb & they light up this wierd greenish glowing color. Easy to find & pick them off & squash the little suckers. I'll actually let the little buggers go for a while in the spring as they do a better job of suckering off my tomato plants then I do...LOL but only for a little while. I have only 5 tomato plants in my garden 2 carinvals 1 celebrity & 2 romos & I already have so many tomatoes that I'm having the nieghbors come over & pick all they want. Romo plants have already busted the cages & all because I let horn worms have a couple of good meals!

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Jul 21, 2008

Although the black light sounds cool - Bacillus thuringiensis, BT, is organic....

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crissyr Fayetteville, AR(Zone 7b) Jul 23, 2008

I looked it up on wikipedia.org. Copy and paste this into your address bar and it will go right to it. Very Interesting

http://.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis