WTF is eating my plant!

Krit

Krit

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Had this same thing going on with my edamame plants. I was thinking it was a Mexican bean beetle, what do you guys think.
It happens at night, yesterday she looked fine, woke up to this.
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Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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Outdoors there's a whole bunch of diff bugs that love eating nice fresh leaves especially in the spring when there's not much else around. Kinda like putting a meat platter out for a bunch of starving dudes. Caterpillar, leaf hoppers, the list goes on and on
 
Krit

Krit

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jondamon said:
Looks like excrement to me.

@Krit if you are growing this outside it’s going to be very hard for anyone to tell you exactly what is eating your plants.
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Yeah seems that way. It thought with all the experience on here you guys be like that's a yellow spotted weevil. LOL
The BT seemed to work, no additional damage today.
 
MICHI-CAN

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I'd say grasshoppers in the locust size category.
And @bam0813 did circle a beetle. Still too small to do this damage. Try a couple bird feeders lose to the grow and about 3 feet off the ground. Grasshoppers and larger pests magically disappear.
 
Krit

Krit

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Thanks!
MICHI-CAN said:
I'd say grasshoppers in the locust size category.
And @bam0813 did circle a beetle. Still too small to do this damage. Try a couple bird feeders lose to the grow and about 3 feet off the ground. Grasshoppers and larger pests magically disappear.
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Been a couple big grasshoppers around, but I usually depend on this guy to help me out. Thanks @bam0813for the sharp eyes20220501_175021.jpg
 
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GroBud

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Outdoors you cant be concerned over leaf damage. Just cant let it get out of hand. Most bugs will eat then leave. I just watch for eggs and caterpillars during flowering. Always bud wash all your outdoor harvest. I'll use three 2 gallon tubs of water. Dunking and gyrating buds in each tub for about 30 seconds. 1st tub 2 gallons of tap 1 32oz bottle of peroxide. 2nd tub two gallons of tap 1/8th to 1/4th cup of lemon or lime juice and same amount baking soda. 3rd tub plain tab for rinsing. Let buds hang in front of box fan or fan until no water appears visible on buds/leaves and buds feel dry to the touch then dry as normal. The peroxide will kill mold mildew and help break apart bug shit/dirt. The juice and baking soda will help get eggs and anything else unseen.
 
PioneerValleyOG

PioneerValleyOG

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GroBud said:
Outdoors you cant be concerned over leaf damage. Just cant let it get out of hand. Most bugs will eat then leave. I just watch for eggs and caterpillars during flowering. Always bud wash all your outdoor harvest. I'll use three 2 gallon tubs of water. Dunking and gyrating buds in each tub for about 30 seconds. 1st tub 2 gallons of tap 1 32oz bottle of peroxide. 2nd tub two gallons of tap 1/8th to 1/4th cup of lemon or lime juice and same amount baking soda. 3rd tub plain tab for rinsing. Let buds hang in front of box fan or fan until no water appears visible on buds/leaves and buds feel dry to the touch then dry as normal. The peroxide will kill mold mildew and help break apart bug shit/dirt. The juice and baking soda will help get eggs and anything else unseen.
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Yup. I also read that too much ph can make it appear as a calcium deficiency... might be what happened ...
 
PioneerValleyOG

PioneerValleyOG

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GroBud said:
That plant op posted looks like calcium deficiency to you?
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No, as I may have mentioned, the chewed up holes that go all the way through were cucumber beetles, found two of them and squished them.
It's the brown spots that don't go all the way through that are new and disturbing. Can you see the difference?
 
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