nothing is growing but tomatoes, Swiss chard, basil, bell peppers, and a few green beans.
And I just noticed the most disgusting and huge worms on my tomatoes plants! yuck! not quite sure what to do about them.
I feel really lucky though- these worms didn’t show up until now and the blight doesn’t seem to be ruining tomato production much.
Sounds like you have green tomato hornworm .
Best treatment is to hand pick them off plants as the larva feed on tomatoes , peppers , and potatoes.
They will feed primarily on folliage and fruit. They have a voracious feeder as their life-cycle is so short.
The moth lays its eggs on the underside of plants early in the spring . The pupae will overwinter in the soil .
Pick them off selectively, and see if they have white protuberancs on the body as there is a parasitic wasp which needs the hornworm to complete its life-cycle.
The hornworm are a larval stage of a moth that completes it life cycle in only 4-6 weeks.
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Do your large, green yucky worms have little white things all over them? If they do, they have been parasitized by wasps (Braconidae) & you should leave them so the wasps will hatch out. I had one earlier this year - very creepy looking, but I was happy the worm was not damaging my plants any more and a host for the wasps that would take out other hornworms. Here’s a link with decent pics & info:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-04_braconid_wasp_on_hornworm.htm