| 5/13/2013 12:55:11 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
73, joined Mar. 2008
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This has never happened before, wondering what was doing it, an insect, or some critter, lol ?
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| 5/13/2013 2:08:02 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
67, joined May. 2010
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possibly a cidalplagiaragous of the homesidal genus ... 
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| 5/14/2013 9:38:55 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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ucntplzvry1
Huntsville, AR
69, joined May. 2013
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Do you have grasshoppers? I have had them strip all the leaves off my plants.
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| 5/15/2013 9:34:16 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
73, joined Mar. 2008
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I haven't seen any grasshoppers, yet, so i dont know what it was, well i am gonna replant, and dust them with copper dragon, and see what happens. lol.
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| 5/15/2013 10:42:37 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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mainelythere
Farmington, ME
36, joined Dec. 2012
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horn worms?
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| 5/15/2013 3:04:18 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
67, joined May. 2010
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slug larvae
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| 5/15/2013 8:00:34 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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sillylaugher61
Murrysville, PA
54, joined Aug. 2011
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try spraying your leaves with soapy water. this will be my first year growing
tomato plants!
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| 5/15/2013 10:06:54 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
67, joined May. 2010
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do you like tomato leaf salad, OP?
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| 5/16/2013 8:23:14 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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mayflylady
Conyers, GA
54, joined Jun. 2012
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try spraying your leaves with soapy water. this will be my first year growing
tomato plants!
soapy water only works if you spray it on the insects so you have to see them. doubt it would do anything in this case. but its good for things like aphids. wont kill 100% but may take population down to a manageble level.
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| 5/16/2013 8:23:57 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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mayflylady
Conyers, GA
54, joined Jun. 2012
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OP - what damage are you seeing exactly. small holes evenly spaced, pieces of leaf missing, etc.
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| 5/18/2013 7:33:28 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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719puceater
Colorado Springs, CO
41, joined Feb. 2013
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Try a tablespoon of baking soda to a gallon of water. Spray once a day for a week. The prob is a worm feeding. Problem solved.
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| 5/18/2013 8:13:27 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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719puceater
Colorado Springs, CO
41, joined Feb. 2013
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Here and Florida we always called the worm ,tomato grub. The technical name I can find.
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| 5/18/2013 8:53:54 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
73, joined Mar. 2008
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OP - what damage are you seeing exactly. small holes evenly spaced, pieces of leaf missing, etc.
stripped bare, leaves, stems and all, nothing left but main stalk, 
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| 5/18/2013 9:19:09 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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sweetsugar57
Pottsville, PA
65, joined Oct. 2009
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Sounds like a Groundhog to me.
My neighbor sits at his window and shoots them.
They love when the plants are young and tender.They eat all the leaves and leave only the stems.
Go Figure!!
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| 5/19/2013 6:38:46 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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tbirdracer
Gainesville, GA
53, joined Nov. 2007
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Deer will eat leaves and young shoots, really prune back a tomato plant. Horned cutworms do the same but can often be seen and picked off.
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| 5/19/2013 6:46:30 PM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
67, joined May. 2010
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sounds like the works of them slimy larvae for sure, OP
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| 5/30/2013 3:01:44 AM |
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cheridth2
Kermit, TX
39, joined Apr. 2013
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This has never happened before, wondering what was doing it, an insect, or some critter, lol ?
im sorry, i was really really hungry! Please forgive me, i wont eat anymore of your mater leaves! Lol lol i ll wait for the maters!! Lol lol no seriously, grasshoppers? Them lil buggers ate my corn sprouts! and my lettuce! So i spread some bird seed about n presto! The air strike team took no prisoners and the invading buggers have retreated to where they stormed in from!  now ifn i cud jst get the lizards to go after the ants i wud b sittng pretty!  sometimes water on the leaves will get hot in morning sun n burn holes. Some maters diseases eats up the leaves and dont rule out cats, lol or skunks lol caught em both nosing through flower bed munching away!!!
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| 5/30/2013 3:10:51 AM |
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cheridth2
Kermit, TX
39, joined Apr. 2013
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stripped bare, leaves, stems and all, nothing left but main stalk,
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| 5/31/2013 7:02:56 PM |
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sleekviper
Normal, IL
52, joined Mar. 2012
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Sounds like cutworms, they will do that type damage.
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| 6/1/2013 1:54:16 AM |
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vanillaone
Huger, SC
67, joined Jan. 2013
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I will tell you one thing, but it sure aint me, lol hahahaha
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| 6/10/2013 5:04:01 AM |
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rookjenny
Bean Station, TN
47, joined May. 2012
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lol lol i sed i wud stop eatng em! Lol lol yeah sounds like a critter. Try putng up a light on em to scare em off. I got my garden under solar flood lights. And a windchime near by. Gona see if ms skunkypooh will stay out after that.
You been stealing maters again?
Something stole my baby cantaloupe plants...They only had two leaves,and about an inch tall.
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| 6/10/2013 11:57:28 AM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
73, joined Mar. 2008
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I planted new plants, dusted them with copper dragon, so far no more problems with leaf eaters, lol.
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| 7/12/2013 8:16:30 AM |
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cheridth2
Kermit, TX
39, joined Apr. 2013
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hahaha yeah i dont like copper dragon dust leaves an icky taste behind. Seriously, worms hate the dust too. Aaw rook ya know i loves them maters!! Rabbits like tender young shoots, i dont get rabbits here so idk what to tell ya. Lol lol my dad gave me a cat, no more ms skunkypooh! But dang if the cat didnt eat some of my sprouts!! And i caught a young en hauling off my one of my mater plants! Aaww poor kid he went to so much trouble putting it in a potting planter n everything, i jst peek out the window and let him have it! He musta been hungry to go all that trouble! Hope it yields a ton for his family!
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| 7/13/2013 6:10:09 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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rookjenny
Bean Station, TN
47, joined May. 2012
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hahaha yeah i dont like copper dragon dust leaves an icky taste behind. Seriously, worms hate the dust too. Aaw rook ya know i loves them maters!! Rabbits like tender young shoots, i dont get rabbits here so idk what to tell ya. Lol lol my dad gave me a cat, no more ms skunkypooh! But dang if the cat didnt eat some of my sprouts!! And i caught a young en hauling off my one of my mater plants! Aaww poor kid he went to so much trouble putting it in a potting planter n everything, i jst peek out the window and let him have it! He musta been hungry to go all that trouble! Hope it yields a ton for his family!
deers all around,but closest i actually see rabbits,is in or across from a field out the road about a mile,but still,i suspect rabbits as well,and with all the grass and clover close by
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| 7/18/2013 6:44:13 PM |
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southerpride89
Angie, LA
26, joined Jul. 2013
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You have a rabbitt problem my friend put a string up around your tomato plants about 5 inches off the ground
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| 7/21/2013 5:45:05 AM |
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handyman8253
East New Market, MD
62, joined Nov. 2012
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try seven dust not sticky and does not change taste of tomato's
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| 7/21/2013 5:46:02 AM |
What is eating the leaves off my tomato plants? |
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handyman8253
East New Market, MD
62, joined Nov. 2012
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try sevin dust not sticky and does not change taste of tomato's
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| 9/22/2013 11:25:55 AM |
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artist820
Tehachapi, CA
59, joined Jan. 2013
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Try a tablespoon of baking soda to a gallon of water. Spray once a day for a week. The prob is a worm feeding. Problem solved.
If you don't want to spray, look for the greenish colored worm. What he said above, to get it moving. You have to look closely because they camouflage really good. Just pull it off your tomato plant, place in a jar and watch it eat. Kids will love watching it. I thought they looked fascinating. 
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| 9/22/2013 10:23:39 PM |
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tango159
Gainesville, FL
35, joined Jan. 2012
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Sounds like a Groundhog to me.
My neighbor sits at his window and shoots them.
They love when the plants are young and tender.They eat all the leaves and leave only the stems.
Go Figure!!
Better technique for moles and stuff coming up, use a crapload of flour on the ground before watering. it makes a pizza crust-like cement
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