Overboard by Chip Dunham for August 25, 2010
August 24, 2010
August 26, 2010
Transcript:
jonas: day three. I am deep in the jingle now... ...probably near the very center... ...and the dreaded 'blossom end rot's has only claimed several victims that I can see. Charley: how are the tomatoes looking, jonas? Jonas: not bad, charley. Ive been on expeditions where I had to report back far greater tragedies believe me.
Tomato Hornworms are the larva of a huge moth called five-spotted hawkmoth. Approximate size of the moth is around the size of a hummingbird so you can’t miss them. The hawkmoth is gray-brown with yellow spots on the sides of their body. See picture here: http://tdserver1.fnal.gov/peterson/tom/moths/sphingidae/sphingidae-pages/fivespottedhawkmoth.html