jbcCT
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Congrats. Looks like you got the nutrients & water right. Looks like high on the nitro but I'm nuke man myself, I torch em just below point of leaf burn. On $100 bucks in seeds this year I'm multi pound. Love outdoor.
Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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jbcCT
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Yeah that's us outdoors. Fighting that good fight. Different parts of U.S diff problems same game.
Connecticut summer this year, very little rain, cool temps. Shit October we're dry and low 80's, which blessed me, they got a way from me a little, working two jobs.....
But after all they don't really need me, few cuts, little dis little dat......
SageFromZen
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Instead of emblazoning your growing space with a toxic cloud try spraying your plants with BT from mid-veg through early bloom. I myself have only learned of this recently and am trying it on my crucifereous vegetables and I'm not seeing pincher bugs so I think there may some validity to the BT thing. Another fail-safe that I like to do every season is to dab Tanglefoot all around the base of each of my plants. Just above the cork line. Stops any and all crawlies and slimers from coming up your stalk and wreaking havoc.
gg2
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OH YEA
Chunky Stool
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When bugs are really bad outside, I religiously spray a deterrent on the soil & trunk after every feeding. My favorite is a 50/50 mix of Monterey spinosad + Natural Guard insecticidal soap.
Warpedpassage
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Alright folks, as promised.
I thought this was from a a caterpiller but now i think its some sort of larvae from some fly. There were virtually no visible pests,and practically no real damage to foliage. Found one single fly at 8 weeks of flower. Picture of the fly to follow as well. No spider mites were observed, nor their telltale damage signs.
At harvest most flowers looks great, but when breaking apart the bud you see what looks like very fine webbing.
This is apicture a piece i submerged in water for a couple hours. The amber coloring appeared after submerging.
In this pic you can kind of see that the "webbing" is resting on top of the trichome heads. This was from a plant 3 wks into flower.
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In this picture you can see this substance beginning to encompass each calyx. With a vigourous flowering plant, calyxs will continue to stack, creating what looks like webbing inside the buds.
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Next few are from dried flowers.
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I thought this was from a a caterpiller but now i think its some sort of larvae from some fly. There were virtually no visible pests,and practically no real damage to foliage. Found one single fly at 8 weeks of flower. Picture of the fly to follow as well. No spider mites were observed, nor their telltale damage signs.
At harvest most flowers looks great, but when breaking apart the bud you see what looks like very fine webbing.
This is apicture a piece i submerged in water for a couple hours. The amber coloring appeared after submerging.
In this pic you can kind of see that the "webbing" is resting on top of the trichome heads. This was from a plant 3 wks into flower.
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In this picture you can see this substance beginning to encompass each calyx. With a vigourous flowering plant, calyxs will continue to stack, creating what looks like webbing inside the buds.
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Next few are from dried flowers.
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These were from a live plant.
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Dreadfully dank dd
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I ended up harvesting and they turned out ok...some good, some meh. I took the ones in veg inside but I have gnats now. How can I get rid of them?
Budley Doright
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Try mosquito dunks disolved in water and use that to water the girls. I have not tried it but tried everything else, I've read they work well. I got so frustrated with the little fuckers I switched to hydro.... thank you gnats lol.
medicman69
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Gnat nix works great.
Chunky Stool
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It does!
Mosquito bits work well for me. Same ingredient as dunks. If you don't want those little pieces of cork in your nutes you can get a liquid concentrate.
I've used Microbe-Lift BMC in the past and it worked great. Only takes 4 drops to treat 5 gallons.
https://www.123ponds.com/elbmc6.html
Sir Napsalot
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I used a bug zapper last year and it did seem to help- there were a pile of dead moths underneath it anyway
ofound
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2017 was my second season growing outdoor. 2016, I had serious moth/caterpillar infestations that led to low yields. So, for 2017 I bought trichogramma eggs from Amazon. These little guys seemed to do the trick. Though the moths were still present and laying eggs, the trichogramma mostly got to them before anything hatched. By the time my seedlings go into the ground this year, if I don't see any trichogramma buzzing around, hunting moth eggs, I'll be re-ordering.
Caosred
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Same here bro lil fucks
Fourtwentysmokinplenty
Member
I would be plucking those bastards off all day long if those were my girls then i would neem her up, too bad it's so far into flower any sprays would probably be a bad idea at this point
too larry
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BT is not harmful to the plant or to humans. It can be used on harvest day if need be. Lots of choices, but I got this off Amazon last week.
https://www.amazon.com/Monterey-704596-Caterpillar-Killer-Pesticide/dp/B00ANT611U/ref=asc_df_B00ANT611U/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167116476898&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11337629440816734651&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011625&hvtargid=pla-309961191261&psc=1
jbcCT
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So I broke down this year for the first time and bought the Monterey BT. Now able to launch two pronged attack. Once a week treatment of entire growing area; literally watching the moths flop and die. Can't get them all though. I just sorted out the males, final count is in. First treatment of BT a week and a half into flower.
I like a clean product. Outdoor your naturally going to pick up dust, nats, flies, worms etc. I do a peroxide/ water rinse while trimming and it's come down to surgically going through every bud for worms. Part of the process for me anyhow. Curious to see if I can reduce the damage the worms do. Never had an infestation per say, but they have spoil some nice bud the previous two summers. I just installed a zapper as well on the advice of a previous mendo post. Shit who knows better than those boys....
I like a clean product. Outdoor your naturally going to pick up dust, nats, flies, worms etc. I do a peroxide/ water rinse while trimming and it's come down to surgically going through every bud for worms. Part of the process for me anyhow. Curious to see if I can reduce the damage the worms do. Never had an infestation per say, but they have spoil some nice bud the previous two summers. I just installed a zapper as well on the advice of a previous mendo post. Shit who knows better than those boys....
jbcCT
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Stuff seems potent. Less than a teaspoon for a 600 -700 mill hand sprayer. 4 teaspoons on the gallon. I can even spray it using a hose attachment sprayer. Smells fairly bad but diluted not so much.
Don't like spraying anything on my plants but this seems to be the least harmful thing out there.
Don't like spraying anything on my plants but this seems to be the least harmful thing out there.
too larry
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I sprayed all my flowering herb twice so far, a week apart. Have not seen any worms, so waiting to spray again until I spot some.