> JF> No actually they haven't actually done any real damage yet... they
 > JF>were just in my little tomato area (that's fenced in because of my
 > tomato eating dog)... I'm just worried that the birds will attack my 
uture
 > JF>tomatoes  when I get some!
 > exhuberant dogs break off major branches chasing cats through the tomato
 > patch, but as for eating them - nah.
        Well you've never met my dog!  We've caught her stealing pears off 
the neighbors tree!!!  And she was the one who ate my only tomato just a few 
weeks ago!!!  And she's been seen picking loquats and she also eats ripe 
oranges!!!
 >   Tomato worms (aka tobacco hornworms), Colorado potato beetles, and
 >   blights such as Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) are my worst threats.
        I think I had tomato hornworms last year... what are potato beetles? 
Are they those grey things that curl up when touched?  I've heard people call 
them potato bugs or roly poly's... I don't know my bugs too well...
                                                Chat with ya later!
                                                Janis  :)
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