ELIMINATE this garden pest!
Given just a few hours of munching, hornworms can absolutely decimate your tomato and pepper plants.
An $11 black light flashlight will cause hornworms to glow in the dark, so you can easily find and remove them. (They make excellent chicken treats).
HOWEVER, if you see white eggs on your hornworms, leave them be. These are parasitic wasp larvae which are a helpful garden predator that naturally feed on hornworms. The hornworm “host” will be killed and consumed by these helpful predators as they hatch and multiply in your garden.
Another weird organic gardening hack I love is using a dust buster to vacuum beetles, aphids, and other, quicker pests off my plants.
What’s your favorite weird hack/lifechanging gardening gadget?
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