Preventative maintenance for bugs

Today while watering my plant I noticed some small holes in my leafs. What’s some good ways to prevent bugs from eating my girls?

Treating them (organic), bug netting, a bug light or two on property etc. etc.

If you have other non mj plants around treat them too.

bam0813 said:

Treating them (organic), bug netting, a bug light or two on property etc. etc.

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Hi Bam I am thinking of putting up netting as I am having pest issues mostly leaf hoppers. My question is how do you put the netting up properly and is there a specific one I use? Fine mesh vs. regular garden netting? Any info is so very appreciated!! Thx

Too late to prevent bugs, you got them...now you need to identify them.

Environmental Conditions
Keep your temperatures and humidity in control, remove the conditions for pests and disease.

Prevention
Cultural methods: Keep your grow area clean. Do not bring plants into your grow area that have been kept outside. Sterilize all tools used in the grow area. Be sure to clean the inside of your grow tent before introducing new plants, remove all plant debris from the area.

Physical control methods: Mulches, filters on intake vents, aluminum foil, grafting tape, duct tape, whatever.

Chemical prevention methods: Neem and horticultural oil, pyrethrins, citic acid
Use an emulsifier or surfactant to ensure even spread.
Spray your plants at night time only, and be sure that there are fans on your foliage to ensure that the solution dries before your lights switch back on.
A citric-acid based rinse such as Nuke Em or Dr Zymes. Doing a weekly or biweekly leaf rinse with such a product can help prevent insect outbreaks as well as powdery mildew outbreaks.

Biological control methods: Bti for fungus gnats, Btk for outdoor caterpillars, nematodes, predatory insects, hyperparasitic fungi, learn how to use them in conjunction with chemicals.

Treatment
The most important thing after prevention is monitoring. If you have taken proper preventative measures and you notice a growing population, it is time to be more aggressive.

Oh okay well Im outdoor and just thought the netting would help deter the leaf hoppers they haven’t taken over too badly at this point so alright thx for the info.

It's still early flower, you could tank mix botanigard with pyrethrin, then follow up with tank mixing it with grandevo/spinosad for mites, etc and Btk (for budworms) later in flower.