What kind of pest burrows?

First full size grow outdoors.. after my 2nd dose of azamax to fight down spider mite problem, I found this spot. Looks like something burrowed into my Northern Lights Auto... should I just cut and burn with fire? Never seen this one before

I've never seen anything like that before. If you cut the main stalk below the infestation does it leave you much plant mass?

wtf, never seen anything like that before either

Right... its might be a throwaway.. not much left if I cut it off

LordHill said:

Right... its might be a throwaway.. not much left if I cut it off

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Wait a bit and see if anyone who's seen that before chimes in here. It seems like it's a bad risk to keep her if you have other plants around. Good luck with her.

Borers, see if this search in the Outdoor grow forum will help you

curious2garden said:

Borers, see if this search in the Outdoor grow forum will help you

Search results for query: borer

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Was going to say it appears to be a stem borer.

the big question is. Is the fucker still in there or has it laid eggs.

jondamon said:

Was going to say it appears to be a stem borer.

the big question is. Is the fucker still in there or has it laid eggs.

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This is why I don't grow outdoors! ::shiver::

curious2garden said:

This is why I don't grow outdoors! ::shiver::

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I don’t now why I’m so fascinated with entomology. Lol.

jondamon said:

I don’t now why I’m so fascinated my with entomology. Lol.

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You plan to grow outdoors, due diligence and all?

I had a couple in a peach tree and capt jacks dead bugs killed them fast,crawled out in seconds

curious2garden said:

You plan to grow outdoors, due diligence and all?

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Oh god no. In the U.K. it’s a death sentence for plants.

this time last week we had 26C weather.
Today it’s raining and about 12C.

U.K. weather is ridiculous. Lol.

jondamon said:

Oh god no. In the U.K. it’s a death sentence for plants.

this time last week we had 26C weather.
Today it’s raining and about 12C.

U.K. weather is ridiculous. Lol.

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LOL teasing you.

i had the same thing last year it was a European bore worm had to cut open the stalk and peel it out with tweezers mine was maybe two inches above the hole but yours looks like its been there longer

i use a exacto knife then ended up cover the incision with gardening tape

Stem borer cut that branch off below the hole, You can try to slice the stem an find it nothing to lose now if you got other plants i would be checking them an spraying with spinosad asap.

Blast it right in the hole he'll come out on his own