Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

[jbcCT]

Just caught my first one of the season last week. I sprayed with BT and pyrethrum (and neem) probably a month ago, but I should have kept it up instead of waiting to find new damage. I gently removed this fella, then enthusiastically smashed it with a shovel.

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Your not flowering yet so you should be good to go. I start spraying pre-flower twice a week. Up that spraying game kill them suckers.

 

[jbcCT]

BT's great. I had intended to spray once a week but haven't had to yet. I've killed 2 this year but last year they were thick.

Try this on for size. A volunteer came up in my compost pile and it's doing better than the rest. No feeding except for the compost, no watering, and no bug control. How is it that there are almost no damage.

One good thing, this is growing along a fence were we have goats and donkeys and I found out they don't like it.

Haven't had to yet? You never want to wait until you see them show up. I would start the spraying twice a week.

 

[jbcCT]

So this year I'm growing auto's outside with my reg plants. I'm already hooked. I usually don't harvest my regs till October so it will be nice to have an early and late harvest.

This is first attempt at autos. I have two diff Mephisto strains.

Then I'm doing Bodhi Neroli 91, AK Bean Brains Blueberry / Freezeland and my freebie this year Kingdom Genetics Blue Thai........

I'll start throwing up some pics soon.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

Haven't had to yet? You never want to wait until you see them show up. I would start the spraying twice a week.

You're right.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

So this year I'm growing auto's outside with my reg plants. I'm already hooked. I usually don't harvest my regs till October so it will be nice to have an early and late harvest.

This is first attempt at autos. I have two diff Mephisto strains.

Then I'm doing Bodhi Neroli 91, AK Bean Brains Blueberry / Freezeland and my freebie this year Kingdom Genetics Blue Thai........

I'll start throwing up some pics soon.

I have seeds coming from Seedsman. Never bought there before but they have Diet Durban THCV:THC. More meds. We just found two of our family have diabetes. THCV is supposed to help.

I'm starting to feel like I've come out of retirement and have a fulltime job just keeping the family healthy.

Seedsman is sending some freebies. They are autos but don't know what kind. I've never grown autos.

 

[jbcCT]

I have seeds coming from Seedsman. Never bought there before but they have Diet Durban THCV:THC. More meds. We just found two of our family have diabetes. THCV is supposed to help.

I'm starting to feel like I've come out of retirement and have a fulltime job just keeping the family healthy.

Seedsman is sending some freebies. They are autos but don't know what kind. I've never grown autos.

I screwed two of them up in that I didn't top them in time so I held off. They just sorta got away from me. So they will be small just a stick of bud. However I did top & crop the other two and they look amazing.

I have not seen any single assassins laying eggs yet at all. I'm anal like that so if I see them I pick em off. Everything is really clean so far. I've sprayed three times in the last week and a half. I'll do a nice BT misting this weekend.

What's the saying; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Something like that.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

I screwed two of them up in that I didn't top them in time so I held off. They just sorta got away from me. So they will be small just a stick of bud. However I did top & crop the other two and they look amazing.

I have not seen any single assassins laying eggs yet at all. I'm anal like that so if I see them I pick em off. Everything is really clean so far. I've sprayed three times in the last week and a half. I'll do a nice BT misting this weekend.

What's the saying; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Something like that.

Hay, man, let's update that."An once of prevention is worth a Pound of Pot". Literally.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

Well, the white "cabbage moths" are out in force here now, but I'm not anywhere close to flowering

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

So this year I'm growing auto's outside with my reg plants. I'm already hooked. I usually don't harvest my regs till October so it will be nice to have an early and late harvest.

This is first attempt at autos. I have two diff Mephisto strains.

Then I'm doing Bodhi Neroli 91, AK Bean Brains Blueberry / Freezeland and my freebie this year Kingdom Genetics Blue Thai........

I'll start throwing up some pics soon.

I did some autos too. They didn't grow very big and I wasn't really impressed.

 

[jbcCT]

I did some autos too. They didn't grow very big and I wasn't really impressed.

Autos are perfect for a short summer season. First time doing it and and next year the majority of my plants will be autos. I had two that were no bigger than 16 inches but the other two I topped early enough and they look great. I definitely need to do my research on how to get them bigger.



Clean as hell too. No caterpillar damage at all.

One of my Bohdi neroli 91's.......three females so far. I dropped 9 reg seeds this year and 8 are female. Talk about deviation from the mean. I have a Kingdom Genetics free bee this year in my order, Blue Thai, two females. Monster indicas. I'll throw up some photos once I'm in full flower. I love the idea of a dual season harvest with the autos. Looks like end of August on those and my regs late, late October.

 

[jbcCT]

Well, the white "cabbage moths" are out in force here now, but I'm not anywhere close to flowering

My buddy down the street grew for the first time outdoors last year and he got hit pre-flower, woke up one morning and they were everywhere, just chomping foliage. I've never really had them attack until the buds appear. However it's likely due to the fact my plants are well coated in BT before they lay any eggs.

That one species lays an entire clutch on the tip of the leaf. Couple hundo eggs. I caught one last year and put some pics up. It pays dividends to do an inspection couple times a week.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

My buddy down the street grew for the first time outdoors last year and he got hit pre-flower, woke up one morning and they were everywhere, just chomping foliage. I've never really had them attack until the buds appear. However it's likely due to the fact my plants are well coated in BT before they lay any eggs.

That one species lays an entire clutch on the tip of the leaf. Couple hundo eggs. I caught one last year and put some pics up. It pays dividends to do an inspection couple times a week.

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Autos are perfect for a short summer season. First time doing it and and next year the majority of my plants will be autos. I had two that were no bigger than 16 inches but the other two I topped early enough and they look great. I definitely need to do my research on how to get them bigger.

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Clean as hell too. No caterpillar damage at all.

One of my Bohdi neroli 91's.......three females so far. I dropped 9 reg seeds this year and 8 are female. Talk about deviation from the mean. I have a Kingdom Genetics free bee this year in my order, Blue Thai, two females. Monster indicas. I'll throw up some photos once I'm in full flower. I love the idea of a dual season harvest with the autos. Looks like end of August on those and my regs late, late October.

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Yes, I bitched about the autos and not being impressed, height wise, but they do finish early nicely, giving me more room for late starters. I am happy with the way they came out.

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Autos are perfect for a short summer season. First time doing it and and next year the majority of my plants will be autos. I had two that were no bigger than 16 inches but the other two I topped early enough and they look great. I definitely need to do my research on how to get them bigger.

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Clean as hell too. No caterpillar damage at all.

One of my Bohdi neroli 91's.......three females so far. I dropped 9 reg seeds this year and 8 are female. Talk about deviation from the mean. I have a Kingdom Genetics free bee this year in my order, Blue Thai, two females. Monster indicas. I'll throw up some photos once I'm in full flower. I love the idea of a dual season harvest with the autos. Looks like end of August on those and my regs late, late October.

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[jbcCT]

Yes, I bitched about the autos and not being impressed, height wise, but they do finish early nicely, giving me more room for late starters. I am happy with the way they came out.

I'm harvesting Friday. I don't why I didn't grow autos sooner. Soooooo easy......soooooo quick!

From what I can determine there is zero caterpillar damage. I found one tiny dead dried up worm on the end of a leaf tip this morning, that's it. His first bite was his last and never got to make a home inside by bud.

Another aspect that I face growing regs outdoors is mold. I don't harvest regs until middle / end of October. With the cooler temps mold popping up is always a concern. You don't have that worry with the autos. They mature well before the cool temps hit.

 

[jbcCT]

Looks great. You growing in plastic pails & containers?

I started my outdoor endeavors in 5 gallon plastic buckets. One fall when I was cleaning out my buckets I noticed the color from the plastic was stuck on the dead soil / root ball. From the sun beating on it all summer. I switched to fabric / smart pots the following season.

 

[jbcCT]

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This is the last thing you want to go unnoticed. One snipped off the tip out on some concrete and they hatched within an hour. Almost like they could sense the dead plant matter.

A good coating of BT would ensure they don't go far. Untreated, something like that could destroy an entire plant.

 

[Krit]

Found my first budworm of the season. Took a closer look and found about 10 eggs on the plant also.
Going to give them a good dousing of BT tomorrow. The season has begun, stay on the lookout RIU.
Didn't get a pic of the little guy, but here's the bud he was on.

 

[radicaldank42]

actually for those in short grow seasons look up kugel kulture(prolly slyaed)!! you can push a little bit longer naturally with that! also what are you guys spraying by chance? i use pyrethrins(when needed) till the flowering stretch is done. i also release a few predator bugs in the springs to help knock out the problem.

 

[GTG]

I spray BT 2x per week as soon as they form flowers. I lost a bunch to worms last season, taking no chances this season.