Tomato seedlings grown from seed in Florida, hardened off outdoors, returned with serpentine leafminer tunnels. The expert confirmed: leafminers are fly larvae mining inside leaves. Infestation likely came from nearby agriculture or greenhouses during outdoor exposure.
Best treatment: Spinosad (see factsheet)—organic, low toxicity, translaminar (reaches inside leaf). Alternative: discard all plants, wait months for flies to die out, restart from seed indoors under lights.
Reflective mulches and pruning don't work for small-scale indoor/outdoor setups. Give plants optimal water, fertilizer, and light to outgrow damage.
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