Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

nuggs

nuggs

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potroast said:
For budworms, you should spray your plants every 3 weeks with BT, a beneficial bacteria, throughout their veg state, and the first half of flowering. That will keep the worms from growing on your plants. And that way, you don't have to spray your ripening buds.

BT will affect the taste of your bud if used too late in the season. It's just fine to wash your plants before harvest. Even my indoor plants are sometimes taken outside on harvest day and sprayed down well with a fine spray, and then dried for a couple of hours and harvested.

HTH :mrgreen:
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bullshit it don't stop them.
 
T

TWS

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Not sure why nuggs says that ? it does help or manage the issue. Try it with out. It doesn't stop all damage but it sure as hell controls it. in fact I lose less than an oz a season.
 
nuggs

nuggs

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It slows them down but used every 3 weeks isn't enough. he said to stop spraying bt half way through flower. half way through flower for me is when they get to distroying mine. when they start getting sticky is when they are the worst. I thought you were using spinasad TWS .? Which didn't seem to help me so much either. I'm trying the bioworks for worm control this year.
 
GreenerBoB1

GreenerBoB1

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I never had this problem until all the bats were gone now the only thing I have is my bug zapper to kill the moths and all are not
attracted to it so I'm out there from dusk to two hours after dark swatting them with my electric fly swatterthis is the only way I keep down the numbers without pesticide
 
nuggs

nuggs

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Bats are good .I put up a box to attract them to my area but them haven't taken up housing yet. wondering what to use to attract them.
 
CA MTN MAN

CA MTN MAN

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I bought a bag of wild bird feed and spread it all over my property... Before I got the seed I had tons of worms hanging around my property... After the bird feed I have attracted dozens of different types of birds and I haven't seen a single worm since
 
GrowTheBest

GrowTheBest

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CrazyChester said:
Chowing down on your buds at this very moment. At least their chowing down on mine. I hit them with some with some BT this evening.

I have a question or two for those who have used BT in the past. Does it effect the quality of the weed. (Taste, Buzz....) And is it really safe for smoking. How long do you have to wait after spraying before you harvest. I've been using BT on my garden for decades without any problems but I always wash the food I grow before I eat it. But I'd have to be crazy to wash my weed before smoking it. Though I could give it a little spray down a few days before harvest. Any suggestions?

Here's some pics of my two plants progress. You can see the damage done to one of the buds and one of our crawly little pests.

If anyone has any idea of the strains I'm growing I'd sure like to know.
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Sorry for a late reply but you should've just groomed it daily to make sure pest are away. Every now and then I get a spider or two on my plant [The Damn Spider will bend a Leaf as Shelter] and I just simply squash the pest and cut the peace of leaf off [only the effected area]
I dont get those type of pest but poisonous spiders are all to commopn where I live [South of Texas] so yeah, I preffer you not to spray pesticides due to the fact you plant might absorb some and You or your clents will be smoking harsh chemicals, However, Im not sure about any spray effecting the plant as long as the chemicals dont make their way to the roots.
 
Krspies

Krspies

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I will be netting again this year using BT and I might try the birdseed idea that sounds like a really good idea. Praying mantises ladybugs frogs - anything that will help naturally keep damn cabbage moths and worms off my plants is a good idea to me but overall I've had the most success with netting my grow Area. A couple of cabbage moths made their way inside my netting last year and so I had a handful of worms, literally five or six. this year I recognize the area of weakness that let in the cabbage moths and I will correct that vulnerability and no moths will make it in
 
Humanrob

Humanrob

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Organicpoop said:
wow, where to get green spiders>
I purchased some praying mastitis sacks this week and bird feeders.
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Won't the birds eat the (young) Praying Mantis? I was thinking about adding bird seed, but I've already got the PM eggs hanging from the plants, which got me thinking...


Also, I went to two different local Hydro stores and asked for "BT" and neither knew what I was talking about. Sorry for the newbie question, but what does BT stand for?
 
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