The tomatoes in the large containers are growing fairly well. Noticed quite a few green inch worms eating the leaves and now the tomatoes (see below). I try to avoid spraying anything on the plants but after all my hard work I do not want the small crop I have to be decimated. I bought BT (bacillus thuringiensis), an organic liquid composed of bacteria which kills caterpillars within several days. I found a dead 2-inch caterpillar today so it must be working.
First black cherry tomato! Can't wait to eat it and see what the taste is like.
The tomatoes in the raised garden bed are growing better than the ones in the containers in spite of its short height - less than a foot deep. They are starting to outgrow the cages and are free of diseases (fingers crossed).
The whitefly infestation is out of control... there are swarms of them on the pepper and tomato plants and they leave a sticky white substance on the underside of the leaves. I've pretty much given up on dealing with them. I thought of buying yellow sticky traps but not sure how effective they will be at this point.
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