Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

seems1 said:

ive been checking through my buds manually should that be a problem? i think id rather damage thc a lil rather than more of my buds dying bcus of the caterpillars.

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No doubt. I am manually checking my buds from here on out. My widows buds are huge and a lil bushy and there is no way to tell they're being attacked unless u manually pick thru them pulling buds back to expose the stem/branch. No doubt, I cut down like a pounds worth of damaged good yesterday. Not a happy camper.. !!!!

stinky cheese

is there caterpillars on that bud or something? cause I think you might be in the wrong thread...

maybe you were looking for this one. post your outdoor flowers here!

odbsmydog said:

Is it true if you use tap water with BT it will kill the bacteria? I have been using hose water the whole time. has it not been working?

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I would NEVER put tap water on my ladies. That shit comes out of the faucet with a TDS (total dissolved solids) of almost 700 for me. Reverse Osmosis (RO) water ends up about 35 TDS, and Distilled is 0, just to give you a comparison. Most of that is shit you don't want your plants to have. Including chlorine and chloramine in most places, which, YES, kill BT and most other bacteria. Get the cheapest purified water you can find or get a simple Brita-type filter to get rid of chlorine. Get a RO filter or buy RO water from a fish store or a WATER store; that's even better. You're bud will thank you. Literally.

seems1 said:

ive been checking through my buds manually should that be a problem? i think id rather damage thc a lil rather than more of my buds dying bcus of the caterpillars.

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I do a lot of microscopic (100-400x) video of my flowers, and I can assure you that touching them fucks up the potency. The trichomes crush and stick to whatever touches them. Although to be honest, I've vaped some of the buds that I had to shred to get out worms, and they were potent as hell. Just not as much as the regular buds. You might wanna consider just getting a 60x+ magnifier of some kind and examining the buds that way. I've never had a problem finding out where they went in. They don't crawl in, they EAT their way in.

Hey guy's I just wanted to take a moment & remind people again at this time, about physical barriers. & no, I'm not just being a smart-ass, I just wanted to remind that there are alternatives to spraying.

I have 14ft'rs growing in my backyard this year, there is no way I could inspect/spray everything.

Because I have them inside this $300 greenhouse, I don't have any bud worm problems. The mesh walls keep the moths/butterflies at bay.

I'm just saying

peace
doublejj

^ definitely a chill idea but i don't think that would look very low pro in my backyard.. but i know it would work..!!!

doublejj said:

Hey guy's I just wanted to take a moment & remind people again at this time, about physical barriers. & no, I'm not just being a smart-ass, I just wanted to remind that there are alternatives to spraying.

I have 14ft'rs growing in my backyard this year, there is no way I could inspect/spray everything.

Because I have them inside this $300 greenhouse, I don't have any bud worm problems. The mesh walls keep the moths/butterflies at bay.

I'm just saying

peace
doublejj

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Where'd you get your greenhouse materials? 300 is cheap!

It looks more low pro than a 14ft marijuana plant!

You get the materials from Costco & Home Depot, click on my signature below

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doublejj

i'd still spray.

okay.. i'm a bit confused.. i sprayed the other day.. manually pulled out like 30 f'in caterpillars.. went thru most all my buds, pulled a crapload of damaged buds, and hoped for the best.. i have been away from home most of the day and just came home.. it's late, dark and i went outside with a flashlight and i was checking my buds and noticed some new dead buds... i dug thru and there was a caterpillar. then another.. then another.. wut the hell do i have to do..????


it sux cuz they didn't touch the main colas before but tonight they killed the very top of two huge colas... WTF..??


FML.

is BT commonly found? where should i go to get it?

dylandestroy said:

is BT commonly found? where should i go to get it?

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Dude, you gotta at least read the thread a little first...jeez...

Google "safer caterpillar killer" to buy online; Home Depot also has one called Thuricide which I have, but I've only used the Safer brand because that's what I opened first and it lasts FOREVER. Look at the ingredients of any caterpillar killer in any garden shop for BT "Bacillus thuringiensis". Look for a little bottle about 4 inches high with the ingredient BT. EVERY garden shop that I've checked has it listed as worm/caterpillar killer.

doublejj said:

Hey guy's I just wanted to take a moment & remind people again at this time, about physical barriers. & no, I'm not just being a smart-ass, I just wanted to remind that there are alternatives to spraying.

I have 14ft'rs growing in my backyard this year, there is no way I could inspect/spray everything.

Because I have them inside this $300 greenhouse, I don't have any bud worm problems. The mesh walls keep the moths/butterflies at bay.

I'm just saying

peace
doublejj

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It's super hot where I live so I would get a bad spidermite / powdery mildew problem if I had a greenhouse like that.. Looks like it works great for you though!

I live in Sac, it get's over 100 all summer. This greenhouse has mesh walls, air just flows thru.

peace
doublejj

wow, I'm suprised. even with the airflow it seems like you would get spidermites and PM easier. I living in Redding so it's a little hotter but not a whole lot and the plants I have just on the side of my house get less airflow then the ones in my backyard and they sometimes get mites. the ones that have full access to the wind never do though. either way I want one of those carports to use a makeshift greenhouse for the rain!

doublejj said:

Hey guy's I just wanted to take a moment & remind people again at this time, about physical barriers. & no, I'm not just being a smart-ass, I just wanted to remind that there are alternatives to spraying.

I have 14ft'rs growing in my backyard this year, there is no way I could inspect/spray everything.

Because I have them inside this $300 greenhouse, I don't have any bud worm problems. The mesh walls keep the moths/butterflies at bay.

I'm just saying

peace
doublejj

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That's a great point. Even though my greenhouse vents are unscreened, I rarely see a worm in them.

I do spray the plants lightly if I find a butterfly inside.

So far I've been lucky, I've never had any bud worms inside the greenhouse.

Spyder mites? Well, that's another story. I lost 2 plants to Spyder Mites earlyer this season.

And they work great for rain

peace
doublejj

yeah, when there is restricted airflow I always get those little bastard mites, that's why I just spray with BT for cat's. then again, one bad enough storm and I could lose everything...

Im in Redding, too. Just dosed my Cali-o and Purple K with BT. The worms dont like my Sativa(sp) plants.

Giant Citronella candle (gallon size) is working for me so far.