bud worms......how i find them

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fdd2blk

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first look at all your buds. find that one dead leaf.......IMG_2620.jpg



carefully spread the bud open at the base of the leaf stalk......IMG_2621.jpg



follow the poop trail..........IMG_2624.jpg



i hate them..........IMG_2627.jpg
 
Taipan

Taipan

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i had one of these on my shoes today execpt it was greener. i also found a snail on my smallest plant now it looks like ditch weed with random bites out of all the leaves.
 
Glas

Glas

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They don't look so hot. How do you know you've bud worm, is their any outward signs or is it just something you have to keep your eye out for? I'm growing outdoors in Ireland and I've been pretty lucky on the bug front!
 
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fdd2blk

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Glas said:
They don't look so hot. How do you know you've bud worm, is their any outward signs or is it just something you have to keep your eye out for? I'm growing outdoors in Ireland and I've been pretty lucky on the bug front!
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just that one dead leaf.
 
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andrew voe

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trust me if u have the bud worms u will know. every couple of days take a look at your buds and if u see shit most likely u got them. i just got rid of mine.i hear the big ones can eat an ounce in four days
 
MrKhola

MrKhola

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Ive never seen these blighters in the UK, looks like something for warmer Climes methinks. So the guy in Ireland i wouldnt worry.
 
soccerdad420

soccerdad420

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:sad: I have squished at least 20 so far, you have to be vigallent find the little black poop spots then search the buds, leaves, every where. i have even found them trying to make an exscape on a web heading for the ground. i have been to afraid to use any sprays, don't want to spoil her goodness:weed:
 
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FastImpala

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I had em bad last year. Ended up uprooting all my plants early and hanging them upside down. Once the plants strarted drying out the worms tried to run.Once upside down the worms will try to escape to the ground like spiderman. I hear there are some bugs you can buy to combat them. I had a giant worm I kept in a jar with foil wrapped on the top just to try to see what it would turn into. I had it for a couple of weeks with leaves in the jar and went out to look at it one morning and there was a hole about a quarter inch diameter in the foil !! Worm made his escape and hasnt been seen since.Ate right through the foil. Havent had the worm problem this year yet knock on wood. Seems like by the time they are about a 1/2 inch to a inch long they have been around a while. Those are just the ones you can see. If you can see the big ones there are probably a hell of a lot of em that are about a 1/4 inch long that you cant see. Those little ones are the ones that started spinning webs to escape the plants i hung upside down. Didnt use last years soil this year though like last year. I hear they burrow down in the soil and come up the next year and wreak havoc again.
 
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fdd2blk

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spidermen. i've been there.


it rained lightly yesterday. i sprayed a lot of Bt. rain nhelped wash it down inside the buds. hopefully this will kill any that have made it this far. i have been find dead ones here and there so i assume the Bt is working. it's just once they get down inside the tight bud it's gone.
 
jmruva

jmruva

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On mine they eat the leaf but leave the pistels. So it looks like a nest of red hairs where they are forageing. I dont use anything , but Im always on the hunt.





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Where's Waldo


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Theres the little bastard.
 
RASCALONE

RASCALONE

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im not sure but i seen this worm i thought to be a catepillar climbing up the stalk,i though thats wierd and picked him up and stuck him on a lemon tree,i will check for my new enemy in the morning,fuck!...................waht else can go wrong,..ras
 
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