What do I use to get rid of bugs on my tomato plants?

AAAAAAH! DON'T DO IT! PLEASE! you don't have to kill the bugs, just repel them

make this repellant:

1. in a bottle, mix 1 part vinegar, 1/4 part cumin or chili powder and shake very well until the powder is just swirling around inside, not settled on the bottom

2. either transfer the mix into a spray bottle or aerosol can and spray the plants, or sponge it on

an easy, natural, cheap, non poisonous, nice-to-the-bugs solution

whoever Roberto is, he rocks :D

What kind of bugs?

For a standard 20 oz spray bottle of water you can use 3 or 4 drops of dish washing liquid. I'd add some hot pepper juice, (like cayenne or red chili) what ever you have. Strain it all through a cloth--old piece of t-shirt cotton or a sock works fine. You don't want the pepper sauce clogging up your sprayer. Do not use the antibacterial dish soap.

Now, some will tell you to use more soap. Don't. You don't need it. More is not better. And, when you spray don't just spray the air. Get under the leaves, the stem, get the whole plant.

There's a commercial brand called Safer's soap available in garden centers. The purpose of this is to make water wetter. It kills the bugs by covering their breathing apparatus with a film. They suffocate.

The hot pepper repels some insects. I know the soap works for aphids, leaf hoppers and white flies because I've used it myself.

Yes you can use dish soap. Ivory works best. Put 1/2 teaspoon per 700 ml of water.

If that doesn't work you can use one of the many different pesticides available at your closest garden center. Liquids work better then powders.

Another "organic" way is pick off the bigger bugs and keep an eye out for the eggs which are more then likely on the underside of the leaves. Or even try to wash them off with the water hose.

The Lawn Lady

THE HAPPY HIPPIE IS ACTUALLY 100 PER CENT RIGHT. NATURALLY TOO.

I'm using "Seven-dust" from my local Walmart, and mine seem to be pest-free.

use ladybugs, as they eat every little insect that is on plants...