Thanks, I will give the pellets a try and see what happens.
sybilk wrote:
> I had the same problem and since I've put down snail pellets around
the
> plants I haven't had any more holes in the tomatoes. If you don't
want
> to use pellets, I've heard that putting down beer in a
saucer/aluminum
> pie plate is effective. The snails crawl in, drink the beer and
can't
> get out. My husband says "No Way" is he going to share his beer with
> anything that eats his tomatoes.
>
> megtwin wrote:
> > Hi, I am new to this group. I live on the Treasure Coast of Florida
and
> > have a small vegetable garden. The year before last I had a really
> > successful tomato season and now something is eating them before
they
> > have a chance to ripen. There is holes in the green tomatoes and
some
> > of the plants have leaves that have holes eaten through them. I am
not
> > thrilled with resorting to using pesticides, is there anything that
can
> > get rid of whatever is eating my tomatoes? Thanks so much-megtwin
> >
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