| When tomato plants start growing, it is fun to | | | | since they are the same color as the plant so |
| watch them as they get bigger, the yellow | | | | camouflage well. Their job is to eat away at your |
| flowers start turning into tomatoes, and you | | | | plant. Simple tomato gardening tips for dealing with |
| either stake them or put them in a tomato cage. | | | | them is to each and every day, before you |
| They look strong and healthy and you | | | | water, find them and dump them into soapy |
| congratulate yourself on a job well done. The | | | | water. |
| farthest thing from your mind is tomato plant | | | | One way to look at tomato plant problems is that |
| problems. At some point mid summer, you can | | | | there may be a devious reason that the pests |
| see bad things starting to happen to the plants. | | | | and other problems growing tomatoes show up |
| Frequently they involve tomato plant pests that | | | | at the exact same time you are getting tired of |
| cause dead leaves, or aphids on the back of the | | | | dealing with and taking care of them each day. If |
| leaves and other times there are ugly green | | | | it is towards the end of the summer, and you |
| caterpillars. | | | | have had a good tomato harvest already, you |
| Dead leaves usually start from the bottom of the | | | | might just give up on it, and pull the plants from |
| plant and moves up through the plant. You can | | | | the ground so the pests do not hurt any |
| keep up with this for awhile just by cutting off | | | | surrounding plants or flowers. It may sound weird, |
| the dead leaves. These do not affect the growing | | | | but it is something to think about! |
| tomatoes. As time goes on and the season | | | | What to do with tomato plant pests can cause a |
| progresses this can get worse and the disease | | | | real dilemma for backyard gardeners. There are |
| may take over the plant. These bugs come from | | | | chemical products that are effective at dealing |
| the ground and go up inside the stem. They are | | | | with many tomato plant problems, and can be |
| very hard to deal with once it starts. There are a | | | | used when an outbreak arises or as a |
| couple of good tomato gardening tips that give | | | | preventative measure. Lots of people will try to |
| you ideas of preventative measures, like putting a | | | | use more natural ways of dealing with these |
| plastic cup in the ground around the stem as you | | | | issues. Reading up on organic gardening vegetables |
| plant. | | | | tips will help you discover alternate choices. |
| There is a larger tomato plant pest that is easier | | | | Sometimes it is something as simple as soap and |
| to see than the little creatures. These are green | | | | water. |
| tomato caterpillars that are pretty ugly, but clever | | | | |