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White egg-shaped growths on tomato hornworms are the cocoons of beneficial wasps. The larval part of their lifecycle is spent ...

Yes, mature grasshoppers eat tomato plants, but they don’t really want to. Grasshoppers prefer other garden plants, including lettuce, carrot, raspberry, bean, and corn leaves. But if there’s a food ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Q: What is this insect chewing holes into my unripe tomatoes? This caterpillar is a yellow-striped armyworm, and it’s not uncommon to find them on vegetable plants late in the growing season.

Controlling tomato hornworms naturally can be a bit of a battle. But it’s definitely possible. I don’t use any chemicals in my growing space, and I successfully fend off tomato hornworms and other ...