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Tomato - Stinkbug Damage
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into the skin of a tomato and sucking out the juice - like you and I would enjoy a soft drink. They don't keep their noses
clean - so bacteria and fungi are injected under the tomato skin every time they feed. That's what causes the sunken areas
around the initial insertion spot. Stinkbugs are hard to control if you let the population get ahead of you in summer.
Mow any weeds near your garden this fall to deprive them of winter hiding places. Keep a lookout for stinkbugs or their
damage early next summer. Treat your plants with an insecticide like Green Light Spinosad or
carbaryl (Sevin) when you
first spot them.
Thanks to Walter Reeves for the above taken from WalterReeves.com
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