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Gardening

Botany

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8. Get Doug Tallamy's bringing nature home and the Xerces Society Attracking Native Pollinators

Reply to tosh (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 05:44 PM

Mar 2018

The Braconid wasp is kind of specific about where she lays her eggs ..... And yes planting some
dill and hand carrying the horn worms to the plant might be a good idea.

any other questions let me know .... I'm kind of an expert on this stuff.

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Don't destroy tomato hornworms, unless they are a real problem. read below why! [View all] bluestarone Feb 2018 OP

I don't touch 'em because I get the braconid wasp eggs (cocoons) on them pdq Botany Feb 2018 #1

yuck never seen that!! bluestarone Feb 2018 #2

Lucky you! tosh Feb 2018 #3

plant native plants and let a hornworm stick around for a little bit. Botany Feb 2018 #4

I am not so new to gardening, but quite new tosh Mar 2018 #7

Get Doug Tallamy's bringing nature home and the Xerces Society Attracking Native Pollinators Botany Mar 2018 #8

Thanks! tosh Mar 2018 #9

Possum Haw viburnum ...... plant 2 .... you'll get more fruit Botany Mar 2018 #10

I break off the branch of the tomato plant and toss the entire thing into the hedgerow. femmocrat Feb 2018 #5

I do the same Bayard Mar 2018 #11

watch one on youtube here bluestarone Feb 2018 #6

I have seen these in the flowers Bayard Mar 2018 #12