What to use to deter caterpillars eating my outdoor grow

HandyGringo said:

I see you're also looking for something else to deal with other bugs. I use something called Neudosan, it's potassium fatty acids, it's harmful to insects but they're not harmful to your buds. It's used the same way as BT. Mix with water, spray your plants thoroughly. I do BT on Mondays and Neudosan on Fridays, preventively.

Neudosan Fruit & Vegetables, pest-free

Sucking insects on pome, stone and soft fruits are a thing of the past with Neudosan Fruit & Vegetables, this miracle product from Neudorff.

www.biomat-shop.com

Is an example. There's many different brands and products, just search for Neudosan. Because you don't want to spray Neem in flower. And we can't get Spinosad in Europe sadly.

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I was gonna say, no Spinosad mentioned here yet.

Week4@inCharge said:

I was gonna say, no Spinosad mentioned here yet.

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Yeah, It's unfair, Americans have access to so many great products. We have a lot more regulations on products. I guess it's for the best, in terms of bees and the environment etc, but still, spinosad would be very nice to have.

HandyGringo said:

I see you're also looking for something else to deal with other bugs. I use something called Neudosan, it's potassium fatty acids, it's harmful to insects but they're not harmful to your buds. It's used the same way as BT. Mix with water, spray your plants thoroughly. I do BT on Mondays and Neudosan on Fridays, preventively.

Neudosan Fruit & Vegetables, pest-free

Sucking insects on pome, stone and soft fruits are a thing of the past with Neudosan Fruit & Vegetables, this miracle product from Neudorff.

www.biomat-shop.com

Is an example. There's many different brands and products, just search for Neudosan. Because you don't want to spray Neem in flower. And we can't get Spinosad in Europe sadly.

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Yes, I will use both products and see how plants respond. Preventively I will stop after second week of flower. What's the beat time to spray?

Just to chime in, been growing outside for many years. Have used BT every grow and used it up unto the week of harvest with zero effect on the final product. I spray at dusk as BT degrades in sunlight.

Mr. Roy O said:

Yes, I will use both products and see how plants respond. Preventively I will stop after second week of flower. What's the beat time to spray?

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You don't have to stop after the second week of flower. But that's up to you of course. Spray at sunset. Spray when you know there won't be rain for another day or two, ideally. Don't spray when the sun is still out, it can burn your plants I believe.

AAjax said:

Just to chime in, been growing outside for many years. Have used BT every grow and used it up unto the week of harvest with zero effect on the final product. I spray at dusk as BT degrades in sunlight.

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Cool. Ty

HandyGringo said:

You don't have to stop after the second week of flower. But that's up to you of course. Spray at sunset. Spray when you know there won't be rain for another day or two, ideally. Don't spray when the sun is still out, it can burn your plants I believe.

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Noted mate. Thanks for advice!
Good luck with this year harvest

Mr. Roy O said:

Noted mate. Thanks for advice!
Good luck with this year harvest

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And you too!

Diatomaceous earth

Trichogramma parasitic wasps and Bt

One of my Mantis egg sacks started to hatch.
They will go out in garden tomorrow

I feed triple 20 and tomato fert from Walmart plus work castings tea and not a pest problem.
The only time this year I had a pest problem was leaf hoppers and that's because I got lazy and didn't fert it for a month lol

Once I have it a good feeding even the leaf hoppers went away.

Feed is the most important thing to keeping pests away

Even my tomato and super hots don't get pests because I feed them properly.

No nutrient burn either.

Which makes me think indoor grows using that coconut husk is shooting themselves in the foot.
I've never seen healthy indoor plants.

But my outdoors every year look great. And my first time growing weed outdoors is going great o with just doing the same I have for my normal plants.

But soil health is the most important thing to keeping pests away.
I've only sprayed any of my plants once this year with soap in June to keep them safe while they got their natural immunity and defense built up.

Checkmate

yberude said:

Im looking for a naturel solution to rid of my caterpillars on my plant. I heard a diluted spray of aloe Vera may help but im not sure does anyone know anything? or any alternatives

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I have 1 plant small enough for me to try this. The netting will keep the moths that coma at night from laying eggs in your buds. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Garden-Netting-Pest-Barrier-6-5-ft-x-10-Ultra-Fine-Mesh-Mosquito-Cicada-Bird-Bug-Raised-Bed-Greenhouse-Plant-Row-Cover-Protect-Vegetables-Fruits-Flow/270922438?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=2103&adid=22222222227270922438_2103_152151834929_18597585481&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=659271040264&wl4=pla-2071347033789&wl5=9026533&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=113500339&wl11=online&wl12=270922438_2103&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2ou2BhCCARIsANAwM2H7TBTalF9qA9JBjPvfNTg-6xV9_T8aP2JdraEXmM_t38dtDAD7up4aAg3aEALw_wcB

Late on the response but I had bad caterpillar issue a few years back, but they never touched my plants. I surrounded my plant containers with Dill Weed seeds around my young plant. They stayed on the dill, never touched my plants, were easy to spot and remove

Paranoidandroid42 said:

I feed triple 20 and tomato fert from Walmart plus work castings tea and not a pest problem.
The only time this year I had a pest problem was leaf hoppers and that's because I got lazy and didn't fert it for a month lol

Once I have it a good feeding even the leaf hoppers went away.

Feed is the most important thing to keeping pests away

Even my tomato and super hots don't get pests because I feed them properly.

No nutrient burn either.

Which makes me think indoor grows using that coconut husk is shooting themselves in the foot.
I've never seen healthy indoor plants.

But my outdoors every year look great. And my first time growing weed outdoors is going great o with just doing the same I have for my normal plants.

But soil health is the most important thing to keeping pests away.
I've only sprayed any of my plants once this year with soap in June to keep them safe while they got their natural immunity and defense built up.

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How do you know proper soil will prevent Cannabis pests if it's your first grow outdoors ?