Damn worms!!!
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I went out this am...full sun. I have been checking The Black almost daily for rot spots as I am finding spots daily...this am I found at least a dozen of these little bastard!
They are only on my one plant...it is supposed to be The Black strain but...it has no Indica characteristics more Sativa...and definitely no The Black phenos.
My Original Blueberry is right next to the affected plant but has no worms what so ever.
Looks like I will be hashing the affected plant if I make a decent harvest!
Cheers
I've also found that one plant will be hit by bugs or mold, and one sitting right next to it won't (or not nearly as bad). There is no substitute for good genetics, at least good for our climate and regional pests.
I'm done for the year, it's mostly hanging with one batch in jars. Yesterday I took the final buds off the plants, and did the final trim and jarred the first cut of the season. In both cases I was finding worms -- trimming takes so much longer when I have to break every bud down to its smallest node for inspection. On the Dream Catcher I found no sign of worms when I cut the plant and did the initial wet trim, it wan't until I was doing the final trim that I found a bunch of very small worms in the interior of buds. Seems some hatched late.
Overall the worms were not as bad for me as last year, and MUCH smaller ones, but enough to be consistently annoying. I'd say last year I lost 30+% of my crop to worms -- I lost one plant completely, and learned that if you bring plants indoors for the last 2-3 weeks, the indoor warmth will make the worms eat and grow exponentially more. This year it was more like 15% because there were fewer and since they were smaller they did much less physical damage. I think the cold nights we've been having have slowed their metabolisms and growth down. That's the double edge sword of a greenhouse or plastic cover, if worms do get in they will enjoy the warmth as much as the plants.