Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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veggiegardener
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Bacillus thurengiensis
lahadaextranjera
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Is BT in brown powder form? I've been given some powder to mix at 1g/litre but so far there's still caterpillars. Used it twice in a week. Neem the rest of grow. Tried Pythrum today. I've got more than 12 plants.
mikeandnaomi
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1/4 to 1/2 oz of dried at this point...
FresnoFarmer
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Neem works. But it doesn't work as well as BT imo. And BT doesn't stink.
Homer13063
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Wasps will search & destroy bud worms. I saw it with my own red eyes!
dante76
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no bt is only available in liquid but if you'd rather use a powder i would suggest diatomaceous earth...its usually sold in two forms..one in garden but is difficult find at homedepot/lowes but they also carry in large volumes of 25lb bags in the pool care section.
is Bt something I can buy easily and whats the name and where do I get it, havent noticed any worms yet but have a late bloomer in the midwest only 2 weeks in and seems to be early enough to head off any problems, hope she hurries up, any suggestions for preventive worms and bugs and any suggestions to speed up process, average first frost in about 25 days
onlikepopcorn
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Check the underside of the leaves too, they make lil hammock like nests on the bottoms of leaves or in between overlapping leaves. I had a problem with inch worms that would walk around and snip the hairs off my buds. If you can find a praying mantis, you can actually tie them to the stalk of your plant with thread and they will chow down anything that tries to crawl up the stalk.
Homer13063
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I just found 3 worms. I had 'em last year so I know what to look for. In fact bud worm damage is easy to spot. Your eye's get used to all of the green & then before you know it you are spotting brown patches with ease. I sprayed with BT about a month ago but I won't spray now. I just offer damaged buds to the cannabis god as a sacrifice for all of the killer buds I did get.
I hate bud caterpillars with a passion. They destroy the best buds first. I guess it means my plants are doing good is the worms chose them....???
I hate bud caterpillars with a passion. They destroy the best buds first. I guess it means my plants are doing good is the worms chose them....???
I had my first run-in with these little fkrs they are disgusting! I flower outdoors and after my sixth or seventh grow they attacked my plant. It sucks to pick through your delicious buds inevitably destroying a lot of the trichomes. I refuse to spray my future smoke with anything so I spent hours picking those worms out of my buds. In the end my plant survived ( minus some buds that had to be removed ) I probably ended-up smoking some of the little worms that were dried along with the buds haha. That plant turned out great though ( L.A. OG ) it was uplifting and relaxing! so keep a close eye on your girls and relentlessly pick-off those little bastards and don't worry about smoking some of them. Revenge is sweet, sweet smoke.
merlubroza
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Were the plants already budding? And how close are you now to harvest? I have budworms every single year; I'm still looking for a cure. The picking them off is just not good enough, I tried spraying w/insecticidal soap before the plants budded, but we've got so many moths it's a losing battle. My husband wants to build a screened in area in our backyard where we now grow in big planters (our soil is clay & husband has chosen to use pots). Anyway it seems a bit much, farmers don't build enclosures for their fields. Anyone with any ideas?