Help with caterpillar attack

Help with caterpillars getting close to end of flower need to know what I should do

PtownsFinest said:

View attachment 3776056 Help with caterpillars getting close to end of flower need to know what I should do

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looks like you're still a month from harvest. easiest way i've found to get rid of caterpillars is to grab them and pinch them, throw them on the ground. it's nasty, but efficient...

Yea I have been but it looks like I'm damaging it when I do it lol is there anything I can use this close to the end?

nasty little guys i had to plant under netting to prevent the adults from finding the plants. i did it in a regular garden where i put netting over everything that caterpillars would eat. kale, broccoli, cabbages, tomatoes. they dont like soap sprays or neem or cedar but that doesn't eradicate them. nematodes can eat them when theyre young but that is somewhat tedious and mostly just expensive. if you put a cage of any sort around your crop and cover with insect netting youll be a happy camper. it doesn't reaaaaly reduce yields from partial shading but i mean yea it does somewhat. just the way things go sometimes.

Find em and kill em is the best solution to caterpillars I know in any garden situation, every minute you wait is a better fed caterpillar

100'x 8' white netting is around 100$ or less and will cover a large personal garden. just cut into sheets and wrap around the cage skeleton

You can safely spray BT until the day before harvest. The worms eat the BT and they die.

For future grows as a preventative measure. Start spraying BT during veg all the way up to a week before harvest. Spray every week.

Yea that will work next year lol looking for a way to save this one or is picking them out the only way?

BT do I need to go to a nursery or is that so thing I can get at a Home Depot? Was thinking about setting them in a tent and bombing or is it to late into flower for that ya think? Thank you guys for the fast responses

PtownsFinest said:

Yea that will work next year lol looking for a way to save this one or is picking them out the only way?

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Spray BT now?

dopechess said:

Spray BT now?

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The BT comment popped up while I was responding I was referring to the netting for next year I will definitely use

bt you find online. It's a nematode

id pick them off ever day. its a losing battle from my experience. BT should be applied every week

http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/monterey-bt-liquid-rtu-rts/pest-solver-guide-caterpillars-moths

store it in the fridge and will last only 2-3 weeks from recieving in the mail

You can get bt from Walmart or any garden center.

Captian jacks spinosad works too and kills spider mites to.

Thank you guys I just found some BT at a local hydro shop gonna grab some after work today I'll let u guys know how it goes

whitebb2727 said:

You can get bt from Walmart or any garden center.
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no shit!!?!?? woah

Only fear is ruining my buds man this is the best plant I've had so far lol

apply at night ^^^^^

iHearAll said:

apply at night ^^^^^

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Don't apply at night. Apply early morning. Applying at night lets them stay wet and can cause pm.

Yes Walmart carries it. Safer brand I think.

I would get spinosad though. It kill any leaf eating pest including thrips and mites.