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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17588319

[Image description: a thicc green hornworm hanging onto the stem of a tomato plant. The hornworm is speckled with little white dots, has eyespots and angular white stripes down his side, and the namesake sharp little spike of a horn on its butt.]

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[โ€“] thrawn21@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah... the thought has crossed my mind, even though tomatoes are my absolute favorite thing to grow. If I knew for sure it'd really reduce the population, I could probably convince myself, but how sad would it be to have a tomatoless year just to have the mites back in full force the next. ๐Ÿ˜•

[โ€“] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Grow indoors one year? You probably spend close to the same amount in remediation as you could get a light and a tent if the light bleeds an issue.

Iโ€™ve experimented with some veggies in my aeroponics system, but soil works too.

My understanding is the point is to make them want to go somewhere else and nest for the winter or whatever they do. They stay since they know they get fed every year.