I dont have problems with pests now, but WHAT ABOUT FLOWERING!?

Hey all, I grow outdoors, and during veg I have very little to no pest damage, but once flowering starts, the bugs come, and they dont show mercy...all the fan leaves sticking out from and around the flowers start to get chomped, while im sure they flowers get chomped too but its not as noticeable...so my question is...WTF can I use for bugs during flowering! that will protect my buds! and wont make them taste nasty or unhealthy! and did I mention killing all the bugs! lol
please any serious suggestions or product recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

I heard you can use dilluded neem oil up to 4 weeks of flowering for pests... but anywhere after that, and the buds might start tasting like nasty neem

orangegoblin said:

I heard you can use dilluded neem oil up to 4 weeks of flowering for pests... but anywhere after that, and the buds might start tasting like nasty neem

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Yeah I have some neem, I didnt know I could use it on the flowers though..can you use it directly on buds?

Im thinking I might just get an army of beneficial bugs...and its gay cuz I cant do both, its either pesticide, or beneficial bugs...anyone know if it would be cool if I got a bunch of different types of beneficial insects, ladybugs,praying mantis,daddy long legs etc?

you grow outdoors so if there are lots of pests you can buy ladybugs or praying mantis to eat them...

also I have heard you can make a circle of garlic powder or chilli powder around your plants to ward off the walkers, fly tape takes care of the flyers, theres also that organic stuff for killing fungus gnats if they are eating ur roots. starts with a p_____

dbo24242 said:

you grow outdoors so if there are lots of pests you can buy ladybugs or praying mantis to eat them...

also I have heard you can make a circle of garlic powder or chilli powder around your plants to ward off the walkers, fly tape takes care of the flyers, theres also that organic stuff for killing fungus gnats if they are eating ur roots. starts with a p_____

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yeah ive heard about all the home recipes for bugs with tobacco and garlic etc..i tried making one i got off the net with cinnamon and other shit a while back, it wasnt that effective. Are you talking about pyrythum or wutev?

Use a mix of one part water to the same ammount of alcohol i have used this on spider mites to great success.You can also add a little dish soap to the mix the spray the plant you will find that this can be used during flowering because the alcohol makes the mix evaperate much quicker than just water.Wait for a warm day to do this if the flower is in bud and it will dry of that much quicker.This has been a great tip i picked up of the web and the plant don't mind it at all,I used gin for alcohol after 20 mins re~peat the process make sure the plant is sprayed on the underside of the leaves more than the top just blitze it.

Anyone know about that foxfarms "dont bug me"...it says you can use up till day of harvest...can you really though?? can it be sprayed onto buds?