Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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Haze the maze
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So..
I'm outside battling the flying aphid all morning with castile spray and I come across this tread.
Well I guess it's out for a look.
Please, Please don't be worms!
I'm outside battling the flying aphid all morning with castile spray and I come across this tread.
Well I guess it's out for a look.
Please, Please don't be worms!
Haze the maze
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The week before this I was spraying horsetail to stop any PM that could come up.
Ugg! gotta get high.
Ugg! gotta get high.
PDiddyDank
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Oh snap, that’s WormZilla!
keepitog
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Caught these little sh*%s this morning right in time! Doing daily morning check and took this right off. Crazy. It was just a cluster when I cut it, got busy with the kids and a bit later, boom! All hatching. They would’ve found the BT soon, I spray religiously, but wow incredible. Usually I deal with the bud worms that leave singular yellow ones sporadically. Pheww
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jbcCT
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Welcome to battle zone.
jbcCT
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Good catch bro. I found two egg clutches on leaf tips this year and hundreds would have hatched. They wouldn't have gotten very far due to my spraying regiment but still...
I also removed close to 60 single eggs from the tops of my colas. Pick em right off with a toothpick. This is the first year I incorporated a close, daily visual inspection, removing eggs. The single eggs will usually be stuck to the bottom of the leaves at the top of the cola. I can see them no problem. If someone has vision issues or glasses they might need some help. I'm definitely doing sweeps going forward, keep my worm killin game tight.
Anyone else out here find any single eggs on your tops yet?
keepitog
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I do exactly the same thing, but those are the eggs I’m familiar with looking for, not those grey clusters type. But yes. Very visual and I find them on colas, stems and bottom sides of leafs. They’re Really sticky too! Keep diligent with the BT spraying and usually all is good. But I’d still rather get them before they hatch and eat their way to the BT. You can see in pics posted.
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NewEnglandFarmer
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Weekly for me....so far so good. Considering dropping it for the final 2 weeks.
jbcCT
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I start spraying as soon as the plants are sexed, late June, twice a week.
As the flowers start to form I move to every three to four days right up until a week before harvest.
I'm starting to harvest this weekend and there is not a single worm on any of my plants.
Warfox
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Yours is the strategy that I’m adopting for next season. This was my first true foray into outdoor, and it was only because one of my girls started flowering 2nd week of July that my entire crop isn’t ruined.
I noticed caterpillars and their frass on that early girl and then budrot, which then motivated me to to research and discover (thanks to RIU) BT.
I lost half my first girl to Rot, but almost NOTHING on the rest of my girls. Hallelujah!
jbcCT
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Yeah the early and often spraying regime is 100%. As long as your consistent and take your time spraying. Be thorough. Top to bottom done in early sun, so the product can dry.
This year, thanks to the forum, I was inspired to do the visual sweeps and remove the eggs.
Hopefully everyone in the thread will be growing worm free flower next outdoor run...
Sir Napsalot
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I haven't seen a single egg or caterpillar so far this year
I sprayed BT about a week ago just to be safe- I'll probably reapply it in a couple of days when the threat of rain is gone
I sprayed BT about a week ago just to be safe- I'll probably reapply it in a couple of days when the threat of rain is gone
Warfox
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Does the black light reveal eggs as well?
jbcCT
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I don't know. Haven't tried it. Another guy out here illuminated the actual caterpillar.
Haven't seen any eggs in days. I'm gonna start cutting tomorrow. Weather is going to be cooler in the week ahead it's time. Got the Bodhi strawberry milk and some kush 4 this year.
Warfox
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I wish I was cutting this week: im going to try to push it out as far as possible 2 weeks if I can.