"dejablues" > wrote in message
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>> TammyM wrote:
>>> I suspect this is a dumb question but I'm not proud: do they still get
>>> <shudder> tomato worms when grown this way?
>>>
>>> TammyM, gonna have nightmares tonight at the mere mention of those
>>> horrible things!
>> Certainly they will get hornworms if their parents are in the vicinity.
>> Easy to get rid of though, just pull them off and squish them.
>
> I'd throw them out into the yard for the birds - birds love them! I
> haven't seen one in years, maybe it's because I have a bird feeder right
> where I plant tomatoes.

Ahhhh! Perfect! I'll plant next to the bird feeder. Then again, all I'd
have to do is see one of those things in a bird beak and I'd be off my food
for a week....

TammyM