After extensive research, he was able to connect. and Aunt Lous Underground Railroad, an heirloom tomato with a great story. He was most proud of the story that goes with the discovery of the tomato Aunt lou's Underground railroad. Image: USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood. In tomatoes, weve added Amys Apricot, an OP tomato we think may be just as. If they get out of hand you could spray with BT. You might also remove egg clusters by hand. The best way to deal with armyworms is to encourage predatory insects such as wasps and beetles.
If food is scarce large numbers of caterpillars may travel together (in small armies - hence armyworm) and when in sufficient numbers they can skeletonize plants overnight. As they get bigger (eventually to 1 ½”) they disperse and travel from one plant to another (they often migrate into crops from neighboring weeds). About Aunt Lous Underground Railroad Tomato These 4-12 oz juicy tomatoes are dark pink with a nice tangy flavor. Tomato seeds of this variety, which later came to be called Aunt Lou’s Underground Railroad, were carried by a black man as he traveled on the Underground Railroad from Kentucky. The newly hatched larvae feed together for a while and spin silky webs around themselves (they feed at night and hide during the day). A historical heirloom carried through the Underground Railroad to Ripley, Ohio, from Kentucky. These tomato seeds crossed over the Ohio River at Ripley.
The white egg masses have a cottony appearance and contain up to 80 eggs. I have another neat story about an Ohio heirloom tomato called Aunt Lous Underground Railroad. Most significant for the vegetable grower is the Beet Armyworm which feeds on a very wide variety of vegetable crops (beans, beets, Brassicas, celery, corn, lettuce, onion, peas, pepper, potato, tomato and more). These are the larvae of several species of night flying moth.
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