Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

I managed to dodge them this year with my plants. I would just go out there a lot, and any moths I saw land I'd flick them, they'd get nocked out and I could then kill them haha.

I only see like 1-3 of those moths every 4-7 days. but they always happen to show up when I'm around

so my 2 plants got moths in the last couple weeks. they are outside, as well as a dozen of other vegitating plants. are the moths more likely to inhabit the mj plants, or should i been wary of them getting into the other non mj plants?

can you sprinkle sulphor on your plants and will it affect the taste

yardsale said:

can you sprinkle sulphor on your plants and will it affect the taste

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I just started seeing bud worms on my plants this week when I cut down a sample bud.What are the chances that there is a bunch of bugs in my plants if one of them had them, they are all potted all all skunk weed, the plant that I found them in is close to harvest...

what can I do ti get them fuckers outt my weed??????

I saw the thread has 29 pages, I dont have that much time, can you guys help I will check on this tommorow THANKS

tokecalikush said:

i just started seeing bud worms on my plants this week when i cut down a sample bud.what are the chances that there is a bunch of bugs in my plants if one of them had them, they are all potted all all skunk weed, the plant that i found them in is close to harvest...

What can i do ti get them fuckers outt my weed??????

I saw the thread has 29 pages, i dont have that much time, can you guys help i will check on this tommorow thanks

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bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tokeCALIkush said:

I just started seeing bud worms on my plants this week when I cut down a sample bud.What are the chances that there is a bunch of bugs in my plants if one of them had them, they are all potted all all skunk weed, the plant that I found them in is close to harvest...

what can I do ti get them fuckers outt my weed??????

I saw the thread has 29 pages, I dont have that much time, can you guys help I will check on this tommorow THANKS

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you're pretty much doomed if they spread too much, sorry .. . .

I HAVE THE FUCKERS.

Heres my thread of me finding some a while ago (really late too.. they were big fat green fuckers)
https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/244264-catapilliers-arrgg-w-pics-some.html

Still now, into October I go out daily and find them. Usually they are less than 1cm and a light brown.

I do the same as others.. find the damage, follow it, you'll likely find the worm.

I HATE THEM!!!!! I FIND MORE EVERYDAY!!! often they go right to the center and chew at the stock of the head of the bud, and the whole fucking thing dies.

Its come to the point that when I smell my plants, I think of the worms, just like how when I smell tomato plants, I think of tomato worms. (the whole brain association thing)

So now everytime I smell weed growing I think of worms and get grossed out. I have bad dreams about them.

Its so sad, but true.

God I hate them.

To all those looking for a solution...

Waste tons of man hours every day picking them out to reduce damage. Thats all you can do.

They really really do suck ass!!!!

You know THIS is one of the biggest issues in growing outdoors, I really consider grabbing a tent or some kinda bug spray to keep handy if you think you can't reach the worms. Otherwise just pluck em and chuck em away, that saved my other plants. The funny thing is that I was getting pissed after a week of dealing with them so the last biggest one I found, I had splattered all over the rim of the barrel my plant was being grown in, it was cracking me up. Btw the species I had on my buds were green. Nothing else was different about it's pattern in the design.

Sakca said:

You know THIS is one of the biggest issues in growing outdoors, I really consider grabbing a tent or some kinda bug spray to keep handy if you think you can't reach the worms. Otherwise just pluck em and chuck em away, that saved my other plants. The funny thing is that I was getting pissed after a week of dealing with them so the last biggest one I found, I had splattered all over the rim of the barrel my plant was being grown in, it was cracking me up. Btw the species I had on my buds were green. Nothing else was different about it's pattern in the design.

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Most of the time they are green, it depends on what they eat. If they are eating alot of material with chlorophyll they will be bright green.

Caterpillars in labs are often fed wheat-germ, and they are not green.

Whatever color they are, I really really hate them. The only time its safe to spray is durring vegging and early flower, but the fuckers dont show up until late flower... its like they wait on purpose to destroy your hard work juuuust before its ready.

My first outdoor I aslo found out the hard way about these dam things.All mine have them now and by by going through them all day/everyday i can tell my buds no longer smell as nice and have less trics from me digging through them.grrr!
So I started harvesting and so far have made some ok BHO with it thinking this method will filter out the wormpoo and I think it did as I found lots of wormpoo in the leftovers so the butane does not disolve it like the trics.idk.
I have a set of 5 bubblebags and wondered if anyone has ever tried them with wormpoo buds?Does the wormpoo get filtered by one of the the bags?I woulnt mind at least one bag of hash without poo but would hate it in all of them just to trash afterwards.Thanks for any ideas!

grnhrvstr said:

My first outdoor I aslo found out the hard way about these dam things.All mine have them now and by by going through them all day/everyday i can tell my buds no longer smell as nice and have less trics from me digging through them.grrr!
So I started harvesting and so far have made some ok BHO with it thinking this method will filter out the wormpoo and I think it did as I found lots of wormpoo in the leftovers so the butane does not disolve it like the trics.idk.
I have a set of 5 bubblebags and wondered if anyone has ever tried them with wormpoo buds?Does the wormpoo get filtered by one of the the bags?I woulnt mind at least one bag of hash without poo but would hate it in all of them just to trash afterwards.Thanks for any ideas!

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I didnt see any poo in my batches... And im positive that there were infected buds in there

genfranco said:

I didnt see any poo in my batches... And im positive that there were infected buds in there

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Great to hear and thanks for looking out brotha!May all your grows from now on be poop free!!!

If I were you and I was using a BT, I'd be sure to not only spray the crop before harvest but also water cure the buds. Once you have let them dry out off the plant for about a week you should put them in jars then add fresh water and let them sit for a few minutes in the water. Then hang them back up and when they get crisp again repeat the process. After this you can throw em in the curing jars opening them 3 times a day taking them out gently, then putting them back in, and after a few days youll have dank, water cured chemical free smoke.

a white sheet on a clothes line with a flood light behind it will attract moths, kill them as they land on the lit sheet, repeat the process about once a week during grow season and you will have far less problems with worms

KushKing949 said:

if your outdoors u have a good chance of getting them unless u were prepared i wasnt so i got them i have to search my buds everyday and i find tons its gross

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i have 12 plants under sb420 and ill tell you these fucking bugs have gone and fucked up my erbs

Holy crap... bud worms??? FOR REAL??? How come I've never heard of those before?

Will praying mantises eat the bugs? I've never grown outdoors before but I was thinking about doing it this year... Now I'm not too sure. I have a praying mantis egg case though, maybe I'll hatch them when "bud worm" season starts... see if maybe my praying mantises will have a little feast and save my buds.

Or maybe I'll try planting marigolds around my weed. I've heard marigolds repel insects... but I can't do both cuz it will repel my praying mantises too.
any suggestions?

No buddy dont trash it make hash from it bubble hash or drysift it if it has valuable seeds

I have very nice outdoor grown Master Kush but it seems that I have to wait something around 2-3 weeks to start harvesting. The weather is rainy and it has been raining for almost 48 hours. Should I be worried about the potency of the end product ? I do know that I should only start cutting the branches when they are fully dried.

Luckily I only had about 6 or 7 this year.
I feel lucky.

I dodged them completely this year.

next year I'm netting my entire outdoor garden.


no moths = no worms.