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put up a white sheet on a clothesline and put a strong lamp or floodlight behind it. light up the sheet to attract the moths. pull a lawn shair up with your favorite shotgun, or a can of raid,flyswatter, get creative
some bud , and get some revenge. doing this a few times a year has greatly reduces bud worm infestations.......happy hunting

2much said:

put up a white sheet on a clothesline and put a strong lamp or floodlight behind it. light up the sheet to attract the moths. pull a lawn shair up with your favorite shotgun, or a can of raid,flyswatter, get creative
some bud , and get some revenge. doing this a few times a year has greatly reduces bud worm infestations.......happy hunting

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hahahahah pull up with your favorite shotgun lol ahahha i wanna try this but i live in town haha

what strains would those beautys be?

I haven't read every post, but I'll mention this, anyway. At least in my area, the source of bud worms is the Fiery Skipper butterfly. In the summer, they are all over my garden, and, if you can get a butterfly and a worm, you'll see the resemblance between them. I spray liquid Bt all summer.

Saw two worms, this year. One was already dead. The other was very small. Bt bacteria are harmless to mammals(us). They are often suspended in liquid maple sugar, so wisdom dictates washing the plant a few days after each application. Especially during late flowering when that sugar can cause mold, without the worm's help.

Pictured below is the last plant in this year's grow. The calyxes are black after curing, with a nice layer of trichs, and almost no leaf. Awesome!(Yes, I see butterflies in my greenhouses, too.)

I accept with information: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.

chuajhea said:

I accept with information: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.

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In most areas, with higher humidity, I'd agree, but in my area(Central California) the Skippers were still active at Halloween.

When spraying late in the season, I try to use a very fine mist, basaically covering the leaves, lightly.

As I've been trimming, I've found quite a few dead, pea sized buds, where a worm had begun feeding, only to find Bt, very quickly. Nearly all of these occurred very late in flowering.

so fungual spores on buds, and also bud worms? that sucks, outdoor growing is gonna take a lot of maintenance to keep this shit away, but then again even the bugs know how good weed is, even they cant keep away lol

Schecter666 said:

so fungual spores on buds, and also bud worms? that sucks, outdoor growing is gonna take a lot of maintenance to keep this shit away, but then again even the bugs know how good weed is, even they cant keep away lol

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Thank you very much for clarification.
I bookmarked these info and will be back soon for further discussion. THanks again for sharing!

are these things in michigan?

Dan Nabis said:

I think I would dry those worms out and crush em up into a bowl and puff away.

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what are you a juggalo?

I've searched this entire thread..... does neem oil stop these from eating your buds?

I know neem oil doesn't kill but it's suppose to stop insects from being hungry and they just die from unknowing hunger and cant breed etc.... Does neem oil effect these guys?

HA HA

Dan nabis you really dont grow do u. Because if u did you would know what these things do to a plant.Don't be an idiot!

Down with worms!

bud worms are the worst m8

thats why i vacated to ze indoors

i dono if this helps, but if u cover the base of ur baby with SAP(like the stuff from trees) the worms will crawl on it and get stuck and die. its not really a way to kill them. just prevent them from getting on ur baby. but ya, iv had this problem before. i spent hours every day cleaning a big bush like that. bascially end of story is, i now grow indoor because i hate worms... hahah. good luck man

Did'nt read all the replies,but the key is too keep moths out your grow area.you can spray neem oil around the plants,grow herbs that moths hate,you can buy moth lure traps and place um away from your plants.

Hi all,

I'm new! Will be starting my first small indoor grow real soon, I'm in BC so I thought I would go local and ordered some Kush from BCSK should be here early next week, hope it's good! I'm glad I joined because I wanted to start my first outdoor crop as well this year after the first frost, I am in such a great place to do it that I just couldn't resist giving it a go. I thought that I would get some experiance under my belt though so am starting off indoors.

What are the best strains to go grow outdoors in mountainous terrain? Is it true that you can yield a pound or more off of 1 outdoor plant and roughly only an ounce with a plant indoors under a 400 watt HPS lamp? If I use a 1000 watt lamp at the flowering stage how much more per plant should it produce and how obvious is that to the electtric company?

How does sexing your plants outdoors work, I am assuming I would need to get rid of any males? How often does one need to check on the outdoor crop as I am trying to map out locations and such, if they require lot's of attention then it should be closer to home.... Also, there is tons of wild life, the deer especially, should I be concerned with them eating the crop?

Lots of questions, I know. I need the help though! Ok 1 more, What is a resonable amount to plant outdoors, would 2 people be enough to harvest let's say 100 plants or is that excessive when push comes to shove and it's time to pick the buds?

Thx

What is BT?