“These bugs will ... particularly bad and out of control, they can ultimately cause the plant to die.” Tomatoes are a popular crop to grow at home, but as Wilson explains, “Tomato hornworms ...

These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to ...

You cannot always be right, but making the right decisions can be a matter of life or death for plants when facing pests in ...

‘The leaves on my tomato plants look like ... since it is very effective at killing insects. However, it does not discriminate and will kill both the bad and the good insects.

and tomato hornworms away from the garden thanks to its strong aroma. (It can also help keep insects from coming inside. "Plant it near doors and windows to discourage pests from entering," says ...

Homegrown tomato lovers, beware. A sneaky pest may be lurking in your garden, which could be why your fruit turns tough, ...

Q. This bug, which I don’t recall ever seeing in my 30+ years of gardening in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, was all over my tomato plants this past summer. My questions are: What is it ...

Your photos showed a very sad-looking tomato plant that has an overall ashy-grey dusty-like coating on the leaves and stems. The fruit looks relatively unscathed, with no obvious lesions or bad spots.

livestock or plants. Unfortunately, the harmful bugs are the ones we talk about the most. Think mosquitos, termites, ticks, bed bugs, cockroaches, fleas and others in the rogue’s gallery of bad ...