Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

Growing24/7 said:
Don't know what the weed gods have been doing, still have yet to see a bud worm in any grow (only grown 8 plants total in my life, i guess its very minimal considering the my first grows were small). How common are they? Pretty sure i might have found a nest once but dispatched of that leaf properly.
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HI, I would say every Outdoor Garden has it's own demon Insects. :p
I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we get everything from worms, mites, thrips, powdery mildew, and any other crap Mother Nature Blesses us with. :) Preventative Spraying, and other methods will eliminate most. I tried Preying Mantis one season, but the lil guys froze to death from our Bay Area Summers.
 
RBGene said:
HI, I would say every Outdoor Garden has it's own demon Insects. :p
I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we get everything from worms, mites, thrips, powdery mildew, and any other crap Mother Nature Blesses us with. :) Preventative Spraying, and other methods will eliminate most. I tried Preying Mantis one season, but the lil guys froze to death from our Bay Area Summers.
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I’m in North Bay Area as well.
 
RBGene said:
HI, I would say every Outdoor Garden has it's own demon Insects. :p
I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we get everything from worms, mites, thrips, powdery mildew, and any other crap Mother Nature Blesses us with. :) Preventative Spraying, and other methods will eliminate most. I tried Preying Mantis one season, but the lil guys froze to death from our Bay Area Summers.
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I had spidermites last year, thought for sure i'd get it again this year. Only difference is i had no spidermites this year and i used seeds instead of clones like my last outdoor that had it. I thought for sure i'd get them, i did do a neem oil spray twice in its life but it never had a bug problem i needed to take care of this year anyway! I check all over my plant and have flicked off many bugs except the lady bugs and large spiders i find but you can see from my leaves 95% are very good looking while 5% might have some big bug bites, probably grass hoppers. Never enough to make me worry, i hate when you have millions of bugs all over the plant, i'm so thankful my grow is clean this year.

I believe having a healthy strong plant really helps, i never knew it was that simple but bugs like to take over unhealthy plants. Healthy plants are naturally bug resistant, i did research on this, was pretty interesting.
 
jbcCT said:
No way I'm giving up the goods now.
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haha true that. Use mosquito nets next year. make a hoop house or something and seal up that fucker good. I wonder if the moths can still drop the eggs like an airstrike though. Ill find out next year. Only reason I didnt put any nets up is because it gets pretty cold up here in the PNW but these fuckers are resilient. I might even set up trap plants. Look into them too they can be useful.
I too have heard that running organics is probably the best way to keep your plants healthy and its the best form of IPM. I plan on making an outdoor organic garden next year and well see if its true.
I dont know of any beneficial insects that eat budworms sadly. Either way I heard beneficial insects for outdoors are useless unless theyre already in the area you grow in.
Keep your eyes peeled and check your plants out everyday, if you can, from top to bottom. Hope yall make it!!
 
IMG_3016.JPG These weren't here (Essex County, Ontario) yesterday. Sprayed with baking soda and water with soap to suppress some powdery mildew and noticed these on the top cola of my pineapple express.
 
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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I buy a crappy bag of cigs from the rez and remove the tobacco and let it soak in water for a few days and filter it and spray my plants with it. Works for me
 
Thegermling said:
haha true that. Use mosquito nets next year. make a hoop house or something and seal up that fucker good. I wonder if the moths can still drop the eggs like an airstrike though. Ill find out next year. Only reason I didnt put any nets up is because it gets pretty cold up here in the PNW but these fuckers are resilient. I might even set up trap plants. Look into them too they can be useful.
I too have heard that running organics is probably the best way to keep your plants healthy and its the best form of IPM. I plan on making an outdoor organic garden next year and well see if its true.
I dont know of any beneficial insects that eat budworms sadly. Either way I heard beneficial insects for outdoors are useless unless theyre already in the area you grow in.
Keep your eyes peeled and check your plants out everyday, if you can, from top to bottom. Hope yall make it!!
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No airstrikes lol, they need to land on the leaf to stick the egg to it.
Hornets eat caterpillars, and I think that's one of the reasons why I haven't seen any budworms so far.
Fat_Tony said:
I buy a crappy bag of cigs from the rez and remove the tobacco and let it soak in water for a few days and filter it and spray my plants with it. Works for me
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One of the first insecticides, lol.
 
Blazingimmortals said:
Monterey Insecticide with spinosad use that make sure you spray them good once a week until them little buggers are no more this stuff is so good it will kill the larvae :clap:

It will not interfere with taste :)




Good Luck
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Spinosad kills bees and other beneficial bugs. I know it works, but it's more like a nuclear option. Don't use it unless you absolutely have to. Then, just make sure you done't spray when bees are out and no wind....
 
jbcCT said:
You would be able to visually see damage at this point. I have been spraying every two to three days. No way I'm giving up the goods now. Beautiful weather in NE continues, hit 90 today. Thank you weed God's.

Harvest in it's 3rd day, carry on and thanks for the report man. The more contributors the better.
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No other bud worms found to date. Let’s hope I got lucky!
 
Fat_Tony said:
I buy a crappy bag of cigs from the rez and remove the tobacco and let it soak in water for a few days and filter it and spray my plants with it. Works for me
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Don't know what to think of this, but if you smoke lots of cigarettes this seems like a great fucking idea!
 
Found one 1/2" caterpillar chilling on a cola the other day, same as last year. I plucked it off. I check that area daily. Probably gonna have to cut branches off if I find any more. Every year nature takes it cut I guess. I'm hoping it fell off the tree that's above it. Probably wishful thinking, considering I saw the bastard butterflies couple of weeks ago hanging around. ;-) like 10-15 days away from harvest too..

I think I will go back indoors and deal with the limited bug invasion forces vs the entire insect world lol.
 
RBGene said:
HI, I would say every Outdoor Garden has it's own demon Insects. :p
I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we get everything from worms, mites, thrips, powdery mildew, and any other crap Mother Nature Blesses us with. :) Preventative Spraying, and other methods will eliminate most. I tried Preying Mantis one season, but the lil guys froze to death from our Bay Area Summers.
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Great post, totally agree. First time in five years I had a bout of powdery mildew. My Bohdi strains seem to be immune but one of my grape pupils was not. Mother nature throws a lot at us.
 
We continue to have an Indian summer here in the NE. Hit mid 80's yesterday. I've been trimming and washing bud daily since the 21st. The preventative BT spraying was 100% effective. I've only found two very small worms, both of which were black and near death. As I take the most mature branches I continue to spray. Some of my regs won't finish till late October and I don't want to lose them now.
 
So I was told predator bees like trichogramma, ichnuemon and chalcid are great for budworms and eggs. I think some attack the moths as well.
 
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