Organic pest/bug solutions

Looking for ways to keep bugs/insects off my outdoor plants, preferably organic solutions..any ideas?

Predator bugs... I find this too be the cheapest and best way

neem oil is a standard for organics. try spinosad as well. hear good things about it.

farmerjoe420 said:

neem oil is a standard for organics. try spinosad as well. hear good things about it.

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I've tried neem and spin but I find predator bugs to be more effective and less work... also gets rid of allllll insects and most of the time is cheaper.. check out naturescontrol.com

Thanks for all your input guys!!

Predator bugs? Lady bugs..what else?

MJUNCo said:

I've tried neem and spin but I find predator bugs to be more effective and less work... also gets rid of allllll insects and most of the time is cheaper.. check out naturescontrol.com

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your probably right but for gureilla growing, i stick to sprays. if i grew in my backyard or a greenhouse, i definitely would.

farmerjoe420 said:

your probably right but for gureilla growing, i stick to sprays. if i grew in my backyard or a greenhouse, i definitely would.

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I use it for guerilla growing as well.. If you spray coke cola or pepsi on your predator bugs it glues ther wings shut for a week or so and place about 300-500 on each plant depending on how many plants you have once all the bugs are gone they just leave to find more bugs to feed on.. I just dont like the fact of sprayin chemicals or anything on something im smoking, other bugs will do the work and wont harm any leaves or buds or your LUNGS... but sprays do work pretty well.. I guess its another thing tht is all up to preference!

MJUNCo said:

I use it for guerilla growing as well.. If you spray coke cola or pepsi on your predator bugs it glues ther wings shut for a week or so and place about 300-500 on each plant depending on how many plants you have once all the bugs are gone they just leave to find more bugs to feed on.. I just dont like the fact of sprayin chemicals or anything on something im smoking, other bugs will do the work and wont harm any leaves or buds or your LUNGS... but sprays do work pretty well.. I guess its another thing tht is all up to preference!

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thats what i love about growing, so many different ways to do it, and most of them work.

Thanks both of you..here's some REP!!

I grow in the middle of my vegetable garden and I use certain plants to draw away pest insects. Lemon basil will repel whiteflys so I grow this between each plant, Canalope seems to draw whiteflys so I grow this on one wall and then I just spray that to keep the population in control and dont have to spray my MMJ. Greenbeans seems to draw in spidermites so I plant that along the fenceline and spray those to keep the pop in check and thus had none on my MMJ. marigolds draw in aphids so i grow this all over my yard .. chives do soemthing but i dont remember what .. I also grow this everywhere in my yard. I release trichogama ( for catapilars ), ladybugs ( spray with soda to prevent them from flying and release at night ), and I hatch preying mantis. I seem to have a large natural population of assassin bugs and green lacewings so I dont add any of those. I keep bird feeders up on the other side of my yard to draw in the birds. you can do tons and tons of stuff . my only issue with bugs on my mmj plants last year were the catapilars and I'll be a bit more proactive this year.
I also think that lollypopping helped as it seems to eliminate insect habitat. but all this is conjecture so .. take it as you will but it worked great for me.

Thanks Mwooten!!

I got a can of semaspore for the grasshoppers. Thats the only bugs I have problems with.

Nunchukawaria said:

I got a can of semaspore for the grasshoppers. Thats the only bugs I have problems with.

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Thanks bro!! They're horrible here too..