Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: Tomato Pinworms

["Rick Snyder" <RickS@ra.msstate.edu>]

Pinworms in the greenhouse can be prevented / reduced by keeping out 
the adult moth. These can be excluded by using screening over the 
intake vents. The moth lays eggs in the greenhouse which hatch out 
into the larval pinworms.

Outside, you would need an insecticide.


 On 17 May 2004 at 12:16, Truman McManus wrote about "greenhouse-tomatoes: Tomato Pinworms":

> 
> Hi everybody,
> I have a hobby greenhouse 15 feet by 30 feet. Some dayI hope to go 
> into commerical tomato production. I had tomato pinworms in the 
> greenhouse late in my winter crop and I have them outside now in my 

> spring crop. Does anybody have a sure fire way to get rid of them?
> I grow tomatoes in pine bark bags outside in the springand have for 

> about 7 years. It's easy and I have very few problems (except 
> pinworms)
> Thanks for any help,
> Truman McManus
> Terry, MS
> http://bellsouthpwp.net/t/r/trumanmc/
> 



Rick
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