I don’t have any personal experience in this – my tomatoes aren’t ripe yet – but I have it on good authority that they are really tasty!!!!
I specifically planted only cherry tomatoes this year (I did leave 2 volunteer plants to do their thing – one is producing big tomatoes). I avoided large tomato varieties because I’ve heard that cherry tomatoes aren’t as prone to suffer from the myriad of pests (especially fruit fly) that attack other tomatoes. Last year I got some early tomatoes then the rest were lost (mainly to fruit fly but also to leaf mould). Between the variety I chose and my zealous companion planting of basil and marigold in amongst the tomatoes, I knew I had come up with a cunning plan to gain a great tomato harvest! After closer inspection of the gorgeous tomatoes that cover my healthy plants, I’m not convinced my plan is working; maybe they’re just too tasty for their own good 😦
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Oh gosh – caught in the act….I would get out the garlic chili spray.
You think that will work? I suppose it’s worth a try. Right now I am in a state of despair so maybe a shot of vodka then the garlic chilli spray 😮
WT??????
Huh? Is that WT as in WTF?
Yes. Trying not to blog curse words. My potty mouth is bad enough in real life. I ought to try and be civilized online (though it is hard at times.)
That worm thingy decimating your beautiful tomatoes? That is just wrong. omg. I guess we’ve both had a trying start to our week.
Oh, right, civilised – I remember when I used to aim for that. That was before I had worms decimating my beautiful tomatoes. Curse words are nothing – you should see my feet squashing these critters.
What is most alarming is that there are at least 3 species of animal planting their young in my tomatoes (based on my cursory examination of the larvae anyway). How can I be expected to tackle a legion while remaining civilised. Let the curse words roll!
^%&^%%$$ …$#@##$$$!!! *&((*&&^^^##@!
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Can your girls eat those monsters?
I’m sure they can, the question is would they. They have totally gone off the cabbage moth worms from my broccoli plants so I didn’t even try picking these puppies and handing them over. Getting them cleanly out of the tomato is problematic. They pull themselves in, turtle-like, if I try to pull them out. To kill them it is necessary to rip apart the tomato or to stomp the whole thing. Honestly, I’ve started just tossing the tomato, worm and all, onto my compost pile. I’m such a wimp.
That’s the best idea!
I’ve never seen anything like them! I must admit that my curiosity would mean I’d have to put a few eaten tomatoes in a box with the culprits to see what they became. I suppose they will turn into butterflies in about a month.
I have some lying on top of my compost. I wonder if I check on them a couple of times a day if I’ll see a cocoon or whatever. I may keep my eye out.
I think that Bronwyn would like that green wormlike thing
If it was on the garden side of the fence she’d like it. If it was in her food container she’d probably be bored with it. That girl loves the forbidden fruit.
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