Is this from insects or rain?

I went to check the grow site to see how she is doing and its not very well so far. Half the plant is pretty much gone. I can't really tell if it was the rain last night or some sort of bug or animal i can see any bugs on it so i think it was the rain but I'm not sure let me know what you think it was.

kinda looks like wind damage to me was it windy when it rained?

looks like something took a few bites.
i notice a few thrip spots too. *i get em here OD all the time too

i say bugs, if it were that windy i think they'd have uniform damage, looks like a caterpillar or a big grasshopper. look at the hole in the pic. Usually wind damage will leave more "tearing damage/ragged damage" not uniform holes/missing leaves, not to mention if it were that windy, wouldn't the remains be blown away? I'd say it's bugs, the remnants are below the damage.

There could have been wind not really sure. Im going to put a 2 liter bottle over it with the bottom cut out and the top off. Does that seem like a good idea?

side note, i'd amend that soil a bit, the surface tension is going to repel water

greasemonkeymann said:

side note, i'd amend that soil a bit, the surface tension is going to repel water

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I agree with you. Ill be going back to the spot today to fix a couple things.

I agree with the soil also. Are you in an area with wild life? Mary j attracts more species then any other plant in the world. Make sure to sevin the ground around the plant to keep crawling insects at bay. And if flying insects are a problem seriously dilute the sevin and apply to plant. You want the water to look slightly cloudy. Not milky.

I went back and put a bottle over it. There is a ton of wildlife in the area. Im going to buy some moth balls do you think that will help out if i put a lot of them around the site?

try a ring of diatemecous earth around it, it'll keep slugs/snail, and most crawling bugs away.
Snails and slugs can eat the ENTIRE seedling.....don't ask me how i know....

Do you think slugs can get over the bottle and into it to eat the plant?

My guess is a big bug.

My bet is that it was a bird. Depending on where you are, if it's Spring/Early Summer, they are ripping up all sorts of plants matter for nests. The leaves left on the ground and their size, makes me wonder what kind of bug.

Hey I had the same problem with mine it must be bugs/pests I had some outside and a bunch of small spiders were casting webs and all over my girls , I washed them down then are ok now I suggest you do the same and move it to another location to prevent the same infestation from happening and what kind of dirt are you using that looks like mud in a bucket bro

I just put moth balls down last night and the bottle over it and it was fine. Yeah I'm using shitty dirt lol i just had nothing else and had to transplant her. Im going to buy better soil asap.