My tomato plants I panted about 10 days ago are shooting out of the ground so fast it amazes me.
But, their leaves have started to get holes in them. I am assuming it is an insect eating holes in the leaves, but I don’t know what to do about this.
Does anyone know what I should do? Is there an insecticide or something I can use?
My tomato plants I panted about 10 days ago are shooting out of the ground so fast it amazes me.
But, their leaves have started to get holes in them. I am assuming it is an insect eating holes in the leaves, but I don’t know what to do about this.
Does anyone know what I should do? Is there an insecticide or something I can use?
Could you describe the holes? Are they at the edges or the middle of the leaves?
Also, where did you plant them? are they in a window box? outside? in a greenhouse? What type of climate are they in?
Usually with veggies I would shy away from using anything but the mildest insecticide, and even those I would only use in case of real pests.
Most bugs find green leaves jummy. if you inspect your plants regularly and remove any bugs by hand you should be fine in a few weeks.
If they're outside you could cover them with special plastic covers you can find in most garden stores. they keep your plants warm so they grow faster and keep bugs and birds out as an added bonus.
Good luck!
I love tomato plants -very easy to look after, its not unheard of for them to get a few holes in the leaves. As long as theres not loads and they're all ragged though.
My neighbor had a few greenhouses full of all kinds of veggies. He made his own organic insecticides and kept them in little sprays ready for use.
If I remember rightly there was a simple soap solution one, a garlic one, a booze one and a salt one.
He would also leave out a saucer of beer for the slugs (it attracts and then kills them).
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Sluggo is your friend. Throw it on the ground around the tomatoes and the snails will die.
Additionally, if you have your tomatoes caged (and you should), you can put some copper tubing around the cages/base of the plant - snails hate the way copper tastes and this will drive them away.
But, it sounds like your holes could also be aphid related.
You can buy a box of ladybugs at your local nursery, and they will devour the aphids, or you can buy a spray for your plants. Up to you.
We have quite the little urban tomato farm going here at our house - 70+ plants, all heirloom varieties.
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