Need pest control advice and much more !! plz !!

First off, I could use a lot of help for organic pest control solutions. Any and all tips for outdoor growing would be greatly appreciated. I have some knowledge but not nearly enough to say I'm even an amateur. With that being said, this is my second grow and last years was great minus the heinous bug invasion towards the end(Regardless what was left was tasty, frosty, and smelly in a good way lol). Thrips, Aphids, and budworms. You name it I had it. The most devastating was this weeble bug. It bored into my stems causing irreparable damage as well as drying out some of my colas. So it's my goal to not let that happen this year. I'm currently gonna try cinnamon in a spray bottle for now until I can get a hold of some neem oil and/or BT. Any info will be greatly appreciated and thank you for your time.



-Newbmeister

Neem oil i hear works good I need to get some myself.. also Azamax works really well but is kinda pricey

also i looked up weeble bugs they look like nasty lil fuckers.. beter luck this year..

Keep browsing the forms there is allot of good information here that will help you to have MANY stressful grow's and jumpstart your way to becoming a master grower.

use both neem & BT. neem is great for helping prevent fungus & many harmful insects. where i am worms and catapillars are badass varmits. having some BT close by is comforting. GL

fuck all that crap...get a better bug and keep it 100% organic....and only $11.99 for 200.Praying Mantids make fun garden pets. Mantids eat anything and everything they can catch! They constantly entertain observers while they eat insects all summer long.

DAKUSHMAN 49 said:

Neem oil i hear works good I need to get some myself.. also Azamax works really well but is kinda pricey

also i looked up weeble bugs they look like nasty lil fuckers.. beter luck this year..

Keep browsing the forms there is allot of good information here that will help you to have MANY stressful grow's and jumpstart your way to becoming a master grower.

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thanks for reply bro ! yeah those weebles were a nightmare man.I've never even heard of 'em until I researched into the symptoms I was having lol. Indeed this forum has great info and I plan on studying vigorously = D.

Po boy said:

use both neem & BT. neem is great for helping prevent fungus & many harmful insects. where i am worms and catapillars are badass varmits. having some BT close by is comforting. GL

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yeah I've been looking into this since last year and everyone's saying BT and Neem Oil are fantastic. Just gotta get out to a local store and purchase some. I've been strapped for cash as of lately unfortunately.

passthat2me said:

fuck all that crap...get a better bug and keep it 100% organic....and only $11.99 for 200.Praying Mantids make fun garden pets. Mantids eat anything and everything they can catch! They constantly entertain observers while they eat insects all summer long.

Mantids eat most pest insects. Mites and their eggs are the preferred diet of these general predators. They also devour aphids, thrips, flies, maggots, small caterpillars, leafhoppers, grubs and other soft-bodied insects. Mature mantids feed on larger caterpillars, earwigs, chinch bugs, sow bugs, beetles, grasshoppers, and other larger insects. Mantids stay in your garden and wait for an insect to walk by. They then grab it with their strong grasping forelegs and begin munching away.

They make fascinating pets and are fun to watch. Praying Mantids are to shipped gardeners as egg cases, each of which contains about 200 baby mantids.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Chinese mantid is one of the largest mantids. A big female can grow to a length of up to 10.5 centimeters (over 4 inches!). The front legs are modified for capturing prey with lightning speed. Rows of sharp spines on the inside of the legs prevent the prey from escaping. Mantids often hold their front legs in a praying position, thus the name - praying mantid. Males praying mantids can fly but females can not. Mantids range in color from bright green to brownish-gray. They are the only insects that can look over their shoulder. Mantids are well equipped for camouflage. Many have a leafy, twiggy appearance. They range in size from 3/4 " to 5 inches long.FEEDING: Mantids are predators and feed largely on other insects and invertebrates. They will eat just about anything, which means they are just as likely to eat a leafhopper as a honeybee. The smaller the mantid, the smaller the prey it eats. Most mantids need to eat at least one cricket or large bug per day. The exact number and size of the bugs a mantid needs to eat will depend upon the size of the mantid and how hungry it is. Young mantids eat small fruit flies, pinhead crickets, and other very small insects such as aphids.​

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heh XD. Neem oil is organic I believe. Also, the BT might be but BT is new to me. I've never heard of it until the other day. Ironically, I was looking up Mantids this morning out of random curiosity. Seems pretty promising as they pretty much each everything. This is definitely a useful tool in the garden imo. I might invest in some if I can get around to it. Only downside is they do eat beneficial bugs too but I'm not to worried about that because I'm putting wood chips down in place of grass. So I'm thinkin' there wont be any beneficial bugs around anyways lol. Thanks for the replies guys ! Feel free to drop back in at any time and lay some knowledge on me !

Hey guys, so far neem has been crap for our leafhoppers. Powdery Mildew and Spider Mites? Sure, but the leafhoppers just shrug it off. Same with Bug Be Gone by FF.

Just got insecticidal soap, added some 90% Isopropyl Alcohol to the solution (said to help the soap penetrate their skin and eggs) and gave them a good drenching. They were dropping like... well... flies. ha!

I use azamax and lots of ladybugs / mantids So far this year I've hatched around 8 mantid eggs and I've released 3 tubs of ladybugs. I somehow seem to have a ton of natural green lacewings and assassin bugs

heres an idea. get a bug zapper I put one up 25' from my garden and its been killing like a mad man all year.

If they are in containers you can spray common bug killer on the ground around the containers.