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by David The Good

What is Wrong with these Tomato Plants?

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A viewer of my YouTube channel just can’t figure out what’s happening with his tomatoes:

Quite a mystery.

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7 responses to “What is Wrong with these Tomato Plants?”

  1. keith Avatar
    keith

    well played

    1. David The Good Avatar
      David The Good

      I laughed out loud watching this last night. Did not expect that.

  2. Curtiss Avatar
    Curtiss

    I can’t believe he let that thing crawl on his face!! I can barely stand to grab them bare handed to throw them on the ground and squish them!! Where do they come from? Just when you think you will have tomatoes without the green worms, you wake up to devastated plants. Then you spend days tracking them down.

  3. Danny Peace Avatar
    Danny Peace

    Did he ever find out what was wrong?

  4. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    What a good laugh before bed – it reminds me years ago that it was my dog that found them. He was GROWLING at my tomato plants, and I thought “what the heck??!” but he’s always right, so I kept looking, looking, (clever little buggers) and there they were! They shocked me – huge, bright green, and that red horn! A beautiful bug, really. Such a shame, though…my chickens just loved them.

    1. David The Good Avatar
      David The Good

      That’s a smart dog – a hornworm terrier, I assume? ;)

  5. Reeta Katoch Avatar
    Reeta Katoch

    Hi David my tomato plants are growing big but not producing any fruit. What should I do? Please Hermes . Thank you in advance

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