Where should I move my troublesome tomato hornworms? I don't want to murder them.? I just learned today in the order of tomato hornworms and there...
I just learned today in the order of tomato hornworms and there are a few of them snacking away on my tomato plant. I'm not interested in spraying my plant near anything, I just want to pluck them off and put them somewhere. I don't want to squash them, cut them up, drop them contained by soapy water, etc. as many culture suggest because it just grosses me out to kill them. I read that ducks close to them but we don't have them here. I was wondering if I disappeared them somewhere else, like on top of a out wall across the yard, if then the birds will drink them. Or if that is just doomed to failure news because the birds won't be interested and they will find their way support somehow. Either by crawling or by coming back as a moth and laying more eggs on my leaves. Maybe it's better to drop them bad at a park with ducks. Any suggestions?
Oh the birds will similar to them a lot. Take them far away from the tomato plants and they won't find their way put a bet on. Either way you are killing them. Just squash them.
I bet you would be a vegetarian if it meant you have to kill the animal yourself in proclaim to eat it , eh?!! For heavens sake, pluck them off and throw them over surrounded by the weeds or somewhere away from the plants.better yet, bury them. Move them and do a mixture of hot pepper spray and hose for your plants. The recipe is somewhere online. I usually pluck them off and toss them into the woods and inspect my plants daily.
Answers: Hello,, alot of people don't know this ,, but tomatoe worms sort great fishing bait. So if you have a friend who likes to fish,, hand over them to them. They'll thank you for it when they catch a big mess of fish. And you won't have to smush them.
Hope this help
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Don't share.
Everybody will want one.