Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

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marcu5

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had this problem last year and i've been vigilante ever since. i spray both BT and Spinosad over my back yard, not just my plants. the trees, grass, bushes, everything green.

another successful method that i'd easily recommend is turning your outdoors into a bird sanctuary. a few bird feeders, seeds and nectar, maybe a bird bath and bird house as well. they'll hunt any flying insect that dares trespass into your yard.
 
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CannabisError

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I have this problem every year. Even with BT you will still have catapillars. Just because you spray with BT doesnt mean your not going to want to go out every day and check your buds.
 
loprofile

loprofile

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I just found this seasons first batch of eggs on my girls. Been spraying spinosad and inspecting daily. I HATE catapillars!
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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I use Bt. Most years I never see a live caterpillar. In the times I do, they're always some place that was overlooked when I sprayed.

Be thorough and the worms will all die.

BTW, Bt is usually added to a foliar feeding, using fish emulsion, seaweed emulsion, a bio-enhancer(bacteria stimulant), a bit of epsom salts, a few drops of Superthrive, along with the Bt.

Use small amounts, because it is easy to overdo the nutrients.

Try to spray early in the morning, or late afternoon, but while the sun is still up, to dry the droplets before dark.
 
n0va59

n0va59

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Holy god you guys are scaring me.... I have 2 plants out on a 12th floor balcony in containers and only once (about a month ago) I found a little tiny green worm on 1 plant. I squished it and so far have seen no more. I have other vegtable plants on my balcont as well and they seem ok.

1 of my plants is in flower about 10 days now and I check every day...can some1 explain what exactly I should be looking for in terms of bugs in my buds :(
 

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420tycoon

420tycoon

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had found bout 10 caterpillars on one of my early flowering plants and sprayed BT twice since then and haven't found one yet! i had saved my plants wit BT and now feel safer n more confident in collecting my harvest with out throwing huge colas into the BHO batch lol
 
pickle8

pickle8

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I lost quite a few zips last year to worms. Not cool at all. Not gonna happen this year though. Funny this was last year while curing finding bud worms trying to get out of the jar. Found about 5 like that.
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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Generally, if I have a live worm at harvest, I'll find them dangling from hanging buds, unable to produce enough silk to reach the floor.

They die a horrible death...
 
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geminirat

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i use neem oil once every 3 weeks and stop using it 3 weeks before harvest! this seems to work best for me, i use to pick them out by hand and thats a pain! since i started using neem oil i have no more pests
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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slipknot1 said:
Has anyone tried to put window screening around your girls to actually keep out the moths?
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My greenhouses rarely get worms. Occasionally a butterfly will get in, and lay a few eggs, but I've been lucky and noticed them. I sprayed, and never found a worm.

Screen would work, but screen blocks some of the sunlight, lowering yield.
 
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slipknot1

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I hear ya but it definitely sounds better than throwing away alot of good bud that has been infected with worms so I am trying that this year to see what happens since I got ruled with worms last year and I even sprayed BT bastards still got me. I have my girls where they get full sun from 7 in the morning to 5:30 in the evening. I know the screen will filter the sun but I would rather have a lil filtered sun than worms.
 
doublejj

doublejj

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I use sunscreen mesh for the greenhouse walls, works great.

Like VG, I rarely get worms. Mesh works great, more than makes up for any lower yield!

peace
doublejj
 
Joedank

Joedank

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spinosad, then neem for me weekly till golfballs.... and to throw my two cents in .there are studies showing diffused light is better for ladies due to a number of transpiration issues old ask ED stuff has him recomending using sailcloth to diffuse light to really get monsters. the pics show 20 foot wide/ tall monsters in 500 gallon pots under a circus tent of sailcloth ten foot spacing on plants. nothing about reduced yeilds only about how plants that are tall have a hard time getting water to tops in full sun .... my greenhouse plants always look tasty and less dusty;)View attachment 1741680View attachment 1741681View attachment 1741682
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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Joedank said:
spinosad, then neem for me weekly till golfballs.... and to throw my two cents in .there are studies showing diffused light is better for ladies due to a number of transpiration issues old ask ED stuff has him recomending using sailcloth to diffuse light to really get monsters. the pics show 20 foot wide/ tall monsters in 500 gallon pots under a circus tent of sailcloth ten foot spacing on plants. nothing about reduced yeilds only about how plants that are tall have a hard time getting water to tops in full sun .... my greenhouse plants always look tasty and less dusty;)View attachment 1741680View attachment 1741681View attachment 1741682
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Agreed, greenhouses provide a lot of benefits and a bit of downside, by protecting white flies and spider mites from predators. I use Solexx fabric, which is claimed to allow 75% of sunlight to pass through, yet the plants thrive and produce more per square foot that my outdoor garden.

During veg and early flowering, I wash my plants, inside the greenhouses and out, several times per week. This reduces harshness to a large degree, making smoking a much more pleasant experience.

Sometimes I think the younger generation(under 30) have become addicted to dirty weed. It seems that they prefer weed that causes lung irritation because of the head rushes caused by hard coughing.

Just an observation.
 
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