Ozark Wizard
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I am losing.......
Twice a day I go out and hand pick 4 inch long horn worms off of my tomatoes and tobacco. Every time I think I have the population under control, I find another decimated plant in the morning. I have netted the remaining tobacco plants and a few of the tomatoes. Some of the netted plants have shown signs of attack, I pull off the net and find one or two of these nasty buggers. Between these, excessive rain and humidity, and deer predation, my tobacco harvest this year will be a third of what it was last year. Fortunately, there are so many volunteer tomato plants that I could afford to lose a few.
Maybe this year I'll need to buy up whatever McClelland's was going to pick up for their next Christmas Cheer installment. Or at least a substantial chunk. Fortunately tobacco leaves are still considered just an agricultural product, so is not subject to the same controls as the finished products.
Maybe next year I need to build a larger greenhouse so I can control the environment a little better.
Maybe when I run out of the tobacco I have I should quit smoking................
Bwahahahaaa!!! Right. Bigger greenhouse. Check.
Twice a day I go out and hand pick 4 inch long horn worms off of my tomatoes and tobacco. Every time I think I have the population under control, I find another decimated plant in the morning. I have netted the remaining tobacco plants and a few of the tomatoes. Some of the netted plants have shown signs of attack, I pull off the net and find one or two of these nasty buggers. Between these, excessive rain and humidity, and deer predation, my tobacco harvest this year will be a third of what it was last year. Fortunately, there are so many volunteer tomato plants that I could afford to lose a few.
Maybe this year I'll need to buy up whatever McClelland's was going to pick up for their next Christmas Cheer installment. Or at least a substantial chunk. Fortunately tobacco leaves are still considered just an agricultural product, so is not subject to the same controls as the finished products.
Maybe next year I need to build a larger greenhouse so I can control the environment a little better.
Maybe when I run out of the tobacco I have I should quit smoking................
Bwahahahaaa!!! Right. Bigger greenhouse. Check.