Tomato Hornworm - How We Find And Destroy Them With Ease! (Tips For Finding Hornworms)

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Finding Tomato Hornworms can be a challenge but if you look for a few key signs you can zero in on them quickly. Hornworms can destroy an entire tomato plant in a single night. We show you how to destroy them with ease.
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@alumicomp 2 года назад

If you get a BLACKLIGHT/ULTRAVIOLET flashlight and inspect your plants after dark, they will glow in the dark a bright lime green..! Very easy to spot and a pair of needle nose pliers works very well to pull them off of the plant and crush them in half..!

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

Yep. We do that too

@petebeasttexashomesteading 5 лет назад

Great! now you'll have the "Save the hornworm society" screaming cruelty and unjust treatment of the hornworm. 😂😂😂

@CountryLivingExperience 5 лет назад

Bbwwwwwaaahahhahahahah!

@janeharrington8615 2 дня назад

I throw them in the toilet!

@rosswoodland6449 2 года назад

I've got a few of them causing damage to my pepper plants, as a first-time grower this video really helped. before I saw this video I would snip the plant at where they were, one so I could show my kids, and second I would place them at the bird feeder we have where a lot of bluejays and finches make short work of them.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

Awesome!

@IFIXCASTLES 11 месяцев назад

I created a hornworm sacrificial alter and dispatch them there. I use pliers to squeeze them off my plants and then off to the red brick of death. Blacklight works really well.

@CountryLivingExperience 11 месяцев назад

Lol. Nice

@QuestionTheAnswers 2 месяца назад

Savage! 💪💯

@Lizrferguson 18 дней назад

Exactly what I needed, thank you!

@CountryLivingExperience 18 дней назад

Glad it helped

@thefisherman6000_USA 3 года назад

I like this video. The part where its being cut. Haha. Subscribed

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

Lol. Nice!

@michelelindsey2661 Год назад

I pull them off with tongs I just started growing tomatoes I never seen them I've got 3 so far in 2 days on 2 little plants I call them Harvey and they are now my nemesis

@billmoore6688 Год назад

Chop chop, I love it!

@lav1206 Месяц назад

You ain't kidding! It's a good thing I water my plants at dusk and there were 2 and my pepper plants. Had I not seen them my pepper plant would have been non-existent by morning. Had I known having a vegetable garden turn into a Game of Thrones situation I'd have thought twice 😂

@CountryLivingExperience Месяц назад

😂

@johncurtis5197 6 месяцев назад

Also get a cheap blue light and look at night!!! They illuminate and you can see a lot easier!!

@Itried20takennames 10 месяцев назад

Haven’t tried it, but have heard that interplanting basal helps a lot, with the idea that it makes it harder for the Sphinx moth to detect the “tomato plant” smell and lay the eggs. Also just looking for the droppings, or black light at night, works pretty well….both stick out. I find them super creepy, and I am fine with snakes, spiders, mice, rats,etc…so the scissor method is a bit much for me. I do use scissors, but usually cut the leaf or section of stem they are on off…and dump them over the fence away from my tomato area.

@CountryLivingExperience 10 месяцев назад

I have basil all throughout my tomato plants...it does nothing for the hornworms unfortunately.

@janetflores6430 4 года назад

I have at least 10 of these on my small cherry tomato plant. I dont think I will eat from it any more. Are they harmful? I don't think I can cit them like that.. Husband is going to have to do that. 😖

@CountryLivingExperience 4 года назад

You can eat from it. They are not harmful to you, just the plant. Do what you have to do to save your tomato plant. They can eat an entire tomato plant in just a few days. Then you will not have any tomatoes.

@MistaGSpecialEducation 2 года назад

This actually helped me how to find horn worms

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

great!

@brucegotohell1323 10 месяцев назад

I can't remember which RU-vid channel it is, but they recommend planting various types of Basil. The scent of Basil is strong enough to confuse various inscect pests, importantly, this includes both the Tomato and Tobacco Hornwirms. I have no first hand experience with this method of Hornwirm control. Given the potency of the aroma of Basil, it makes sense. For the best results, plant the Basil in close proximity to your Tomato, Pepper, and other plants that the Hornwirms target. Good luck and enjoy...

@CountryLivingExperience 10 месяцев назад

Thanks. I actually have basil interplanted throughout my tomatoes. It does nothing to deter them.

@MargaretWalkerCellist 3 года назад

It's sor ta sick to clip them in half like that, but they shouldn't have come! Last summer I had those things and MOST of the SUMMER was spent clipping worms in half and very little harvest at all! Discouraging. 15-20 every morning and evening: NW Arizona. The moths love it here.

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

We have to do what we have to do to protect our gardens. Happy gardening!

@suffolkshepherd 3 года назад

LOL. I found this video and put it to use. I was trying everything and not slowing these hornworms down. I got a black light flash light, and a pair of scissors and went down two nights in a row scissoring them. Problem is now took care of. I am wondering if it leaves a warning system or something because no more have appeared. I had tried everything until this. This won the war. My tomatoes are producing heavy again. Last night I went down to the garden again to check, all clear, and thought I will find that video and say THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

Awesome! You're welcome.

@snagswolf 3 года назад

A blacklight will illuminate them at night. Makes them easy to spot.

@martinphilip8998 3 года назад

Yes. I will check this evening. It’s easy to find the damage and the frass, but the worms seem invisible. Do they hid it in the soil?

@snagswolf 3 года назад

@@martinphilip8998 - What really works for me is BT Concentrate. Spray the plants every few days and it kills the worms. And it doesn't harm humans or pets.

@darlenebradley2335 3 года назад

Thank you! Just found a big one and was freaked out!! But he's dead now!!!

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

You're welcome. Glad he is dead.

@JaylaStarr 3 года назад

Same 😱 I was like wtf

@FreedomNurse 2 года назад

😂same

@MsLallie 5 лет назад

I have them on my tomato plants. 😣 I can just see myself screaming and running trying to cut them in half. Lol.

@CountryLivingExperience 5 лет назад

Lol. It's either them or your tomato plants

@darlenebradley2335 3 года назад

It's not that bad

@goodgoat3096 Год назад

I had two of them strip every leave except one or two off of a small habanero pepper plant in just a few minutes. I flicked them off with my middle finger nd they just laid motionless on the ground. I gave up on the plant and just left it as is but after a rain it started sprouting leaves again. surprise, surprise! Got one very hot pepper off of that plant.

@CountryLivingExperience Год назад

They will strip a plant fast.

@coondogtheman 2 года назад

How about one of these guys vs my bazooka torch that can melt through a beer can in 2 seconds. I found one at a golf course and I had to move him but maybe I should have treated him like a golf ball.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

That will work. Take them out.

@lenasgardeningbyfaith6991 Год назад

I had four Big ones of different Bell peppers plants. eating up my bell peppers, haven't seen any on my tomato plants so far. I hope I don't.

@CountryLivingExperience Год назад

They are very destructive.

@lenasgardeningbyfaith6991 Год назад

Where do they come from?

@CountryLivingExperience Год назад

They are a caterpillar that forms into the Hawk moth.

@QuestionTheAnswers 2 месяца назад

I alsays thought it is crazy, that we dont ever see a Tomato horn worm unless we have and plant a tomato.. then BOOM, they appear. Its like, where the heck are they all those years I never had any tomato plants? What did they eat and why didnt I see them? They appear when tomatoes do or what? Wild. A chicken run around the garden could keep the bugs out, maybe, if done right.. perhaps not. Cheers!

@claudettepanico8550 2 года назад

That is exactly how I do it also….chop them into pieces. I see their poop and stripped stems and leaves . I have been out looking and gathering tomatoes one day and the next day there a eaten leaves and a huge horn worm eating away faster than you can blink.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

Nice! They work fast for sure.

@hanbilegjargal2557 Год назад

But only think i think the caterpillars are dying like humans I feel bad for them but nice video

@jamesmiller273 2 года назад

That's exactly what I do! I was snipping off the stem they were on but finally started snipping them. Use a Blacklight at night to find them. They fluoresce quite visibly.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

I use the blacklight ant night too.

@terryfinley7760 3 года назад

I use Dipel

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

No synthetic chemicals in my garden.

@michaelgunderson7415 2 года назад

You should catch them and sell them to people with reptiles... my local pet store sells them for $2 each.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

Good idea but too much work.

@ConceptsInHealth Год назад

@@CountryLivingExperience Agree! But I do pick up the pieces for the chickens. These are the absolute grossest worms ever🤮

@1ugh1 11 месяцев назад

Like the blacklight idea. Way too much fuss on how you kill them though. They can't hurt you. Just grab them and either crush their head or I like the satisfaction of stomping them on the ground

@happygardener28 5 лет назад

while you're looking for the caterpillars look for the eggs on the under sides of the leaves. snip off the leaf and either burn it or crush it against a rock. an once of prevention...

@CountryLivingExperience 5 лет назад

I hope to find some eggs someday. I have never been able to spot any.

@happygardener28 5 лет назад

@@CountryLivingExperience there is a video by Steve House from back in 2013 that shows what to look for. "life Cycle of a Tomato horn worm"

@CountryLivingExperience 5 лет назад

Thank you

@brayr0521 2 года назад

😭😭😭😭 send them to me. My chameleons love them

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

Gladly! My tomatoes hate them.

@g.alistar7798 3 года назад

Wouldn’t it be easier to step on them?

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

It's fun to cut them. I don't have to pull them off of the vine.

@augsbugs3400 2 года назад

That made me cry 😭 why not just put them on your neighbors tomatoes

@larrysowada9905 5 лет назад

If you have chickens you could feed the worms to them

@CountryLivingExperience 5 лет назад

For sure. Hopefully we will have chickens in the spring.

@GardenYourHeartOut 5 лет назад

Nope, all my chickens refused to eat them. They pecked it to death and never ate it. Besides, I heard they r poisonous to them. Not sure if there is truth to it.

@Lemon-rv9hq 3 года назад

One day: I have 0 hornworms, and an amazing tomato garden on my deck in planter boxes. The next day: I have like 10 hornworms spread across all 8 of my tomato plants! I tried using scissors to cut their heads off, but they just keep coming and obliterating my tomato plant leaves. What do i do????? I already purchased a uv blacklight to see them better, but how do i mass kill them???? Luckily theyve only just started, and not too many leaves have been destroyed though.

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

They come fast! I keep them at bay with a neem oil and soap solution. We did a video on it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R2Y6C4drxAI.html

@darlenebradley2335 3 года назад

Yes I bought neem oil after killing about 10 of them and haven't seen anymore.

@jasonzinn3205 3 года назад

Bro, you gotta give yourself a little more credit.... stop calling those scissors... those are CUTCO shears. There's killing hornworms with scissors, and then there's killing them with CUTCO. Well done.

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

Lol! True. One of the best purchases I ever made. 26 years old.

@SaltLife1717 2 года назад

lol

@julietauscher5963 Год назад

😂😂

@BackRoadsWine 2 года назад

Instead of going crazy just pick them off and put them on Datura plants. I have a stand of Datura and I transfer them there. They grow into hummingbird moths and pollinate half my garden. It’s not like you were going to eat the tomato leaves anyhow.

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

This comment is uninformed. The hornworm will completely kill a tomato plant if left unchecked. If they eat all the leaves the plant will die. They also eat the tomatoes. Any benefit of the hummingbird moth pollinating is completely negates by the hornworms destruction. There are a myriad of other pollinators to attract that are more beneficial and not destructive.

@MrDeathpilot Год назад

Did you know that pet stores sell these as feeder insects at up to $5 each? You're throwing away money. A smart person would be raising hornworms instead of tomatoes.

@anthonycarson2628 Год назад

Nasty green eating machines. My wife checks the plants every day or two. She simply knocks them down and steps on them...splat!

@CountryLivingExperience Год назад

They are nasty for sure.

@alabamathrifter365 Год назад

That’s the easiest way to do it. They are ugly and a lot of people are scared of them because they have a “horn”. They are harmless to people though. They don’t bite you or stab you or sting you with horn either. Simply pull it off the tomato plant and squash it, works every time. I used to use a stick or something to knock them off the plant and then just stepped on them. But later learned that they can’t hurt you. So now I just pull them off the plant and step on them.

@citymouse40 2 года назад

Gross! lol

@CountryLivingExperience 2 года назад

lol

@elaineluikart5459 3 года назад

You might want to reconsider hornworms, when they turn into moths, they pollinate your plants. Bees are dropping like flies. Seeds are cheap, grow a patch just for the hornworms

@CountryLivingExperience 3 года назад

I have plenty of other pollinators. Hornworms are just too destructive. The benefits do not outweigh the negatives.

@thefisherman6000_USA 3 года назад

Elaine: just go back to your sleep with your thoughts.