Please Help Me Identify What's Attacking My Plants!

Hi,

Newbie grower in California, here. My husband and I are legally growing our own meds in an outdoor garden for the first time. Our beautifully healthy plants of a few days ago now have an infestation of something; but I'm not a gardener, usually, and I don't know what it is or how to get rid of it. There are numerous tiny green bumps on the tops and tiny tendril/spikes(?) on the undersides of the leaves, as well as, holes and brown spots. I am attaching pictures. In one of them is a small green caterpillar. I only saw the one, on a single plant, my thinking is that the caterpillar(s) may be a different problem than the tiny green bumps. We have 6 plants affected out of 9. We would sincerely appreciate any helpful responses. Please help us save our crop!

Thank you in advance!

Well, considering how fast this stuff spread and not wanting to lose our girls I printed out the pics and took them to our local nursery experts. It is good to be legal, ! They didn't know what the tiny bumps were (they suggested I go out tomorrow with a magnifying glass), but the caterpillars are definitely the cause of the holes and brown spots. After consulting the nursery staff who understood I will be using the crop for edibles and needed something non-toxic (to humans) and organic, we went with Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew. We bought the 16 oz. concentrate for $24. After coming home, we found that it can be bought from Amazon for $15.37; but Amazon would not have been able to get it to me tonight, of course. Here's what it says on the inside label:


"Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew® contains Spinosad (spin-OH-sid), a product first isolated from a naturally occurring soil dwelling bacterium that was collected on a Caribbean island from an abandoned rum distillery. Deadbug Brew® kills bagworms, borers, beetles, caterpillars, codling moth, gypsy moth, loopers, leaf miners, spider mites, tent caterpillars, thrips and more! Use on fruits, vegetables, berries, citrus, grapes, nuts and ornamentals"

Gotta say I love that Spinosad originated in an old rum distillery! We generously sprayed the girls down tonight. The warning on Cap'n Jack's says it can be harmful to bees, so evening spraying was ideal. The reviews on Amazon say it works great on caterpillars, thrips, spider mites, squash bugs(?) and aphids, but only somewhat on whiteflies(one review).

I'll keep you posted. If anyone can tell me what the little green bumps are, I'd still like to know. Thanks again!

We had faced the same problem with these pests when they were attacking certain plants in our garden. We got rid of them with the help of a reliable Pest Control company that had effective ways to get rid of these pests.

Thank you Rileybears, it's nice to see I'm not talking to myself! We can't afford a pest company, nor do we want to announce our crop to the world, but I have more pics. This morning we went out and had to cut the top off of one of our White Widows. It was very frustrating. It had the same kind of bumps and had gray powder around a lesion in the stalk. It looked like it had gotten bent/broken and was covered in mold at the break. It was not there two days ago. Then, I finally saw critters on our, so far, resilient little Dream Queen. She has suffered getting bent when she was planted, so she stayed stunted even after she survived, but she grew nonetheless. She's my little trooper. She had what we believe were red tiny egg sacs and a black catfish-looking bug on her. I couldn't get a clear pic of the adult bug before my husband killed it. Too much foliage for the camera to focus on, but check them out and let me know what you think.