http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/weekend-gardening-tomato-pests Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/weekend-gardening-tomato-pests/comment-page-1#comment-217798 Monteromom Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:04:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=98799#comment-217798 I've got several sunflowers growing this year to "assist" my tomatoes, and just today found a green stinkbug. Have never had them here in so. Calif., Have been researching these "stinkers" and have found out something fascinating... the sunflowers work! Those funny little bugs I'd been seeing all over the stalks of my suns have actually been the Brown Marmorated stink bug. Of note, SBs (green ones) are often difficult to see and usually go unnoticed as they spend much of the day on the ground beneath tomato plants. I found the green stinker on my tomato at dusk, so hopefully if there are more, they'll move over to the suns! .. Hope that gives you some hope. BTW, all the sites I went to said this is one of the worst years they've seen (as far as commercial growing) I’ve got several sunflowers growing this year to “assist” my tomatoes, and just today found a green stinkbug. Have never had them here in so. Calif., Have been researching these “stinkers” and have found out something fascinating… the sunflowers work! Those funny little bugs I’d been seeing all over the stalks of my suns have actually been the Brown Marmorated stink bug. Of note, SBs (green ones) are often difficult to see and usually go unnoticed as they spend much of the day on the ground beneath tomato plants. I found the green stinker on my tomato at dusk, so hopefully if there are more, they’ll move over to the suns! .. Hope that gives you some hope. BTW, all the sites I went to said this is one of the worst years they’ve seen (as far as commercial growing)

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/weekend-gardening-tomato-pests/comment-page-1#comment-131315 Old Goldie Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:25:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=98799#comment-131315 I'm trying to protect my tomato plants this year by having sunflowers close by. Supposedly the stink bugs like them better and will leave tomatoes alone, I’m trying to protect my tomato plants this year by having sunflowers close by. Supposedly the stink bugs like them better and will leave tomatoes alone,

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