I was doing my almost-every-day-garden check this morning, minding my own business, when I encountered some drama in the form of an unexpected and unwanted intruder.

I was looking for red tomatoes and for any damaged leaves. I found some of the latter and as I reached down to remove them, I saw a particularly thick branch. Upon closer inspection, I realized, that was no branch!! It was the dreaded tomato hornworm!

  • I am showing you a photo of the tomatoes, not of the perp! Because, focus on that which you do want!

Hornworms have destroyed my tomato plants in the past so this time, I am determined to keep the upper hand. I researched a bit online and found some useful information here:

 

If you are also dealing with this issue, I hope the video helps you!

We got this!