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trippnface

trippnface

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thumper60 said:
I have been growing in maine 25 yrs 2015 first time I had to deal with bud worms crazey had a bunch,climate change?
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brutal. i wouldn't doubt it.
i have read reports of new species of plants starting to grow in the south. climate certainly shifting
 
Herb_Potent

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I know the fact that is says on the bottle "for organic gardening" doesn't make it organic but I just wanted to let you guys know I had them as bad as anyone in modesto ca and once I started using this I never had them again. I only sprayed them with it in veg by the way. When I seen them flipping and the nodes starting to form flowers I sprayed one more time and that was it for 2 months.
 

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Rhizosphere

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Herb_Potent said:
I know the fact that is says on the bottle "for organic gardening" doesn't make it organic but I just wanted to let you guys know I had them as bad as anyone in modesto ca and once I started using this I never had them again. I only sprayed them with it in veg by the way. When I seen them flipping and the nodes starting to form flowers I sprayed one more time and that was it for 2 months.
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safer caterpillar spray OMRI listed have used it for like 10 years super clean no harsh oils
 
Weedman1108

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So I have two plants growing outdoors would you guys say a windex bottle full of slug/worm repellant is enough for the two or them? I sprayed on the plant but mostly around the plant on the soil and whatnot, was that too much?
 
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oldbikepunk

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trippnface said:
azamax & safer on the ready. Fuck these bugs ;)
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Many of the worst ones are actually living in lawns in the neighborhood. Or your own. If you use a treatment on the lawn that is also beneficial to the lawn, you can kill a lot. I would lose whole plants, usually like Urkle or Space Queen or GDP. I took care of a kids rabbits. He was a day late and one wiggled into a closet. Guess what he only ate? The two best-GDP and GSC. I told the kid later and he guessed which one of three it was, ate like 18" plants...He said, "Oh, I bet it was the white one...he was being really nice last night to my brother and sister..." He also assumed I was mad, but it was too funny. They were killer clones too of course, but i got a lot left anyway.
 
oldbikepunk

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I want to find some kind of very fine & soft material like a mosquito net this fall and see if I can block them out. It's really annoying because between the little ones to the large ones, you can have a dead plant in a week from bites and the mold from their poops.
 
oldbikepunk

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Personally, I just smoke the spider mites. i don't care. If you use a magnifying scope you'll see that all a spider mite does is consume THC crystals like they're cramming a giant ice cream cone in their mouth. I saw one once, just engorged on a THC crystal as wide as his body.
 
Nonagronomist

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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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I found one of these today, nesting in a (formerly) Big Fat Bud. It's the first time in my life I actually wished for the extinction of an entire species.
 
JohnMotayo

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You guys make me scared to grow outdoors, I think i'll stick with my future indoor setup for cannabis this time around until i'm a bit more prepared. Did get a lot of great tips though reading over everything but until I have a more efficient setup i'll wait on growing cannabis seeds outdoors.
 
trippnface

trippnface

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oldbikepunk said:
Many of the worst ones are actually living in lawns in the neighborhood. Or your own. If you use a treatment on the lawn that is also beneficial to the lawn, you can kill a lot. I would lose whole plants, usually like Urkle or Space Queen or GDP. I took care of a kids rabbits. He was a day late and one wiggled into a closet. Guess what he only ate? The two best-GDP and GSC. I told the kid later and he guessed which one of three it was, ate like 18" plants...He said, "Oh, I bet it was the white one...he was being really nice last night to my brother and sister..." He also assumed I was mad, but it was too funny. They were killer clones too of course, but i got a lot left anyway.
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lol i love bunnies... but not when they munch my dank >:(
 
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I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this but try applying bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) it is safe for humans. I know that a lot of people do not like pesticides so try using it. It gets a bad rap thanks to uninformed people thinking the Bt gene introduction is evil (thanks Monsanto) but it really does work well if you catch the larva early.
 
Nonagronomist

Nonagronomist

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BrownsWeed said:
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this but try applying bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) it is safe for humans. I know that a lot of people do not like pesticides so try using it. It gets a bad rap thanks to uninformed people thinking the Bt gene introduction is evil (thanks Monsanto) but it really does work well if you catch the larva early.
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I recently used BT on my grow area because of caterpillars eating my buds. I couldn't use a broad-spectrum insecticide because 1) of course you wouldn't and 2) I have a healthy ecosystem of beneficial insects in my grow area (aka my backyard) and I don't want to mess with them at all.

BT seems to be working, with no new bud invasions (and I have two plants at vulnerable stages right now) and a reduction in leaf munching as well. And the butterflies, ladybugs, and predator beetles are all still around.
 
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