Stinkbugs and tomatos

[Oaktree]

That's why we hand picked the critters off the potatoes every day. What would kill the potato bugs wasn't too good for the plants. Of all things, we had the chipmunks chomp on the tomatoes now & then. They would crawl thru the mesh wire, eat the wife's strawberries and top it off with tomatoes.

Yeah, potato bugs are more of a problem here too, like you I haven't found anything that worked on them except pick 'n squish. I don't like using pesticides unless I absolutely have to, and then only sparingly. The only other insect pests we have that attack the garden are Japanese beetles...asparagus & pole beans seem to be their plant of choice, and some years corn. Never heard of stink bugs.

Only thing I ever had that attacked tomato plants were these fairly large green caterpillars that were the exact same color as the stems. Only ever had 'em one year...I suspect there may have been eggs in with the plants I bought. Don't plant tomatoes every year...I don't especially like them and my wife has to be careful with acidic foods, every other year I'll do a couple plum tomato plants for canning, but that's about it.