I was out training tomato plants in the trellis yesterday and noticed some damage to several plants. Found this guy happily munching away at my hard work. He was the size of my index finger. I plucked him off and fed him to the chickens. I'm sure he has some friends so I'm going to spray tonight.
I hate those critters, and they can hide sooooo well too. I haven’t seen any yet here - usually they show up later on in the season.
I bought some Roma tomatoes from the store, scooped out the seeds, and used the tomato for salad yesterday. Then I cleaned the tomatoes using a squirt of oxiclean in water. Strained and drained. Put the seeds on a plate to dry.
Will give it a week, and then plant a few to see if they germinate, and if they do, I’ll plant a few. I have 3 volunteer tomatoes, and one has a couple of blooms. I bought 3 plants from Walmart, and planted them in pots and buckets.
I did get some San Marzano seeds from Walmart, and Hubby is supposed to plant some of those, but the Romas that he started indoors, just aren’t doing anything - that dang jiffy mix stunted them, and even after they were planted, they aren’t doing diddly.
So we are very sad that we have no baby tomatoes starting yet. I am resolving to make sure to bring a pot of cherry tomatoes into the house for the winter, and make sure to have a producer ready next Spring. BLT is not the same with out home grown.