HELP! Something is eating my buds!

[newbiegrower420]

Hi all. 7th week of flowering. While inspecting the buds I noticed quite a few have had their tops chewed off. Also a few leaves are missing some chunks. I've searched for caterpillars and theres none. The only problem I've had was either aphids or fruit flies, not sure which it was. Got stickys and haven't seen them in a while. What could be causing this!?!

 

[scroglodyte]

any mouse droppings? mice are major stoners.

 

[newbiegrower420]

Nope. My room is very clean and pretty much sealed off. It has to be an insect of some type.

 

[SirLancelot]

can you show any pictures?

 

[newbiegrower420]

Sorry. My camera sucks balls and can't get a decent shot up close. Basically, I'm missing some half fingers from leaves and the buds they start at the top and eat it to the stem and move on. Once they eat a certain part, they don't come back for more. Out of all 6 plants, they have gotten the tips of 5 nugs!

 

[SirLancelot]

hmm where are your plants located? is it a sealed room?

 

[newbiegrower420]

I did see a black mosquito looking bug with its chomps on it and squished the mf'r. That's the only thing I have seen tho. And it was way way smaller than a mosquito...

 

[SirLancelot]

I don't fungus gnats could do something like this. look REAL REAL close and see if you maybe have mites, they blend in super well.

 

[SirLancelot]

and personally 7 weeks in you may not be done but I would think about chopping if it continues.

 

[newbiegrower420]

No speckled leaves. No silk cobwebs. This cannot be mites. An entire bowl of a nug is missing from these babies. It looks like someone picked them. I can see the stem in the middle. Turned a little blacish and stopped growing.

 

[newbiegrower420]

and personally 7 weeks in you may not be done but I would think about chopping if it continues.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[chaostwig]

well im sorry bro it was me who smoked ur buds man idk bout the leaves im pretty sure dave accidently ate a few of those i promise it wont happen again man

 

[newbiegrower420]

well im sorry bro it was me who smoked ur buds man idk bout the leaves im pretty sure dave accidently ate a few of those i promise it wont happen again man

not funny!

 

[newbiegrower420]

Here's a nice pic of my Maui wowie!

 

[chaostwig]

im sorry i had too but you might have a fungus eating away at it to prevent fungus you can put a black tarp or something to prevent fungus and white on the eother side for refelction this will make it grow bigger and more immune

 

[newbiegrower420]

Seeing as it eats the leaves too, I rule the fungus out.

 

[bkbbudz]

Here's a nice pic of my Maui wowie!

Nice plant...jacking threads is a no no. Start your own thread and show her off.

 

[newbiegrower420]

It's my post LOL!

 

[scroglodyte]

okay then.....bugs. neem washings. spray all the perimeters of your area with a good bug spray. coat the surface of the soil with DE. put up fly paper. we'll catch one of these mofos, an' see what it is.

 

[SirLancelot]

to prevent fungus you can put a black tarp or something to prevent fungus and white on the eother side for refelction this will make it grow bigger and more immune

really, you shouldn't give out advice when you don't know what your talking about