Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

BCbakedlife

BCbakedlife

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shittt i dont want these things in my buds when im growin this season. itl be my first time so if i see them ill probly freak hahah. nice lookin plants by the way!
 
De@d End

De@d End

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Hello fdd2blk Im doin my first outdoor grow and my plant are 60 days into veg anything i can do to prevent the bullshit bugs that everyone has problems with. Also im growing in south east tx so i dont no if that will play a factor. THANKS HAPPY TOKIN?
 
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Cannabis Cutie

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If you move your potss twice a day it reduces the risk tremindously. I have done this scence the first spider mite infestation and the only bug iveseen onthem since then are butterflys an bees. (i flower half my plants in the spring for weed soon an keep them in a cabnient covered up w/ a blaket at night and movem in the sun after my early morn inspection
 
kremnon

kremnon

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forget all that sprayin and stuff, the easyiest way to prtect ur girls is to put a mosquito net over them and u wont have any worms, they are the larva from moths and butterflies hatching on ur ladies
 
burnaby

burnaby

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To me ur strain with the pink hairs looks like either spring of 76 or sweet swiss. I would love to get my hands on a couple of those seeds.
 
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kata

New Member
eww gross lol... must suck... i dont grow but once a friend shipped stuff to me and i found a roach or some sort in a zip.. i was appalled
 
OntarioGro

OntarioGro

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CrazyChester said:
I went out this morning and after 3 doses of BT I still had worms. So I decided to start taking the plant down. As I started manicuring the buds I learned a little about Bud Worms. They seem to hatch and grow from the inside of the bud and then eat and crap their way out. Sometimes they take a round about way out to the surface and sometime they come straight to the surface. I had one work its way half way up to the top of a nice cola.
To me it stands to reason that the moth comes in and lays its eggs on the buds, then the plant grows the bud around the eggs, then after the bud has developed the worms hatch. This makes it real important that you start spraying early because its hard to get the BT deep enough into the bud to kill the worms when they first hatch. You can spray late and still kill the worms that are already on the surface and you should, but the damage has already been done once you see the worms on the surface.

Conclusion: Follow fdd's advice and start spraying early and spray often. I think that if you did this you could use lighter concentrations of BT.

Fortunately I've had a lot of worms that made for the surface right away. So I've only lost about 8 buds, which were all at the top of the plant. The lower limbs have little to no damage so far. I'm glad that I cut it. Two more weeks and I would have probably lost half of the plant. And when you're only growing two plants that's a lot of loss.

I would have taken pictures today but my hands were so stickey that I didn't want to pick up my camera.

I do have some Pics of the plant just before I started chopping it. The first four pics are of the infested plan and the rest are from the other plant that needs at least another three weeks but seems bug free so far. I'm sure bummed that I had to cut her down early. But its better than giving half of it to the bugs.
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Hey crazychester.. that looks identical to the plants i had.. its called ("Early Pearl" by Sensi Seeds).. they are 50%Indica 50%Sativa.. its a hybrid.. its sposto finish early, but it didnt seem too down here.. anyways, a piece of the main cola rotted so i had to cut her 2 weeks early.. i know how it is.. beleave it or not you lose quite abit... either way its fun.. lmao,, sometimes..... alrite laterr
 
HIGHFLY

HIGHFLY

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i got spiders and geckos that protects my girls but i did happen to find a worm in one plants new growth leaves sliced the lil baztards head off wit my finger nail
 
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mikemoto67

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potroast said:
For budworms, you should spray your plants every 3 weeks with BT, a beneficial bacteria, throughout their veg state, and the first half of flowering. That will keep the worms from growing on your plants. And that way, you don't have to spray your ripening buds.

BT will affect the taste of your bud if used too late in the season. It's just fine to wash your plants before harvest. Even my indoor plants are sometimes taken outside on harvest day and sprayed down well with a fine spray, and then dried for a couple of hours and harvested.

HTH :mrgreen:
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forgive my ignorance, but does washing off the plants affect the trichomes?
 
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DMC65

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These "worms" are actually named budworms-what a coincidence. I grow in southern cali and the bastards are a pain in the ass. Spray with Safer brand caterpillar killer as much as 3 times a day. Its a bacteria (BT) that stops the larvae from eating within a few days and then they die. You'll see them shriveled up and turning black as they die. You will also need to inspect very carefully because they blend in well and pick them off with a sharp pair of tweasers. You can also look for the eggs and pick them off. They're little off white/cream colored round balls tht pop when you squeeze them between the tweezers. You will have to pry the buds open to find them all because they eat from the inside out. BT is harmfull only to the worms and dont harm any mammals but i would spray them off good with water before harvesting. Water wont affect the THC glands at all.
 
phil le b

phil le b

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CrazyChester said:
Chowing down on your buds at this very moment. At least their chowing down on mine. I hit them with some with some BT this evening.

I have a question or two for those who have used BT in the past. Does it effect the quality of the weed. (Taste, Buzz....) And is it really safe for smoking. How long do you have to wait after spraying before you harvest. I've been using BT on my garden for decades without any problems but I always wash the food I grow before I eat it. But I'd have to be crazy to wash my weed before smoking it. Though I could give it a little spray down a few days before harvest. Any suggestions?

Here's some pics of my two plants progress. You can see the damage done to one of the buds and one of our crawly little pests.

If anyone has any idea of the strains I'm growing I'd sure like to know.
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well i heard tha using ladiebirds is good if u put hem on the plan they will eat all the bug and not do any think to the plant its worh a go and is free
 
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