[CH] NE Pest Cast

byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:11:20 -0400

>Are there any precautions one can >take against them?
---  Regards,               Cameron.

There is/was an article about hornworm and tobacco at NCSU.

The results of a study shows that if one feeds plants a Nitrogen level that
is just barely above the plant needs, it will greatly reduce hornworm
populations..

IIRC tobacco was N = 2.5,  they fed N = 3.

NMSU  says  ideal N for chiles is 1.5.

In my garden,  my plants are fertilized with compost and composted manure..

In the last 8 years, I have found one hornworm..

L.B.