yes, they found us. even though I moved toatoes out of the garden into pots. I squished five huge tomato hornworms today ( they hide under the leaf branches and can be hard to find.) I feel better after squishing them but the question is-how bad will this be?they can strip a tomato bush in a day. we have HUNDREDS of tomatoes on the 14 plants so...i really don;t want to let this go.
First, this is why I check the garden every day and-second-I will attempt to keep squishing instead of spraying, though there are some good fairly safe sprays on the market. one listed one is Sevin but i am told it is doing real damage to beneficial insects where it is sprayed.I do spray the fancy roses with Bonide, which is Neem oil-it is a fungicide too.-they are far from any veggie crop, and they just cannot withstand the japanese beetles. i will say, the bush roses, Knockout, just keep smiling. they have had only compost and minerals this year.
heat-not even July and we expect to hit 100 degrees tomorrow. worrisome. dogs and I hole up all afternoon. the plants can;t!
I expect the garlic onions shallots and potatoes will give up the ghost unless it cools off a bit more towards normal ( 80's next week?) so we will have smaller crops but sometimes you have to be OK with that.
I water every evening, supposedly a no no but the sun is too strong in the morning. at this level of heat, everything will be dry by dark..they need the cooling effect as well as the water. one fancy basket of flowers seems to have given up the ghost today.the strawberries to aren;t very happy.
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