Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

**DIRTHAWKER** · 09-11-2008, 01:16 PM

I had to chop the colas off of two of my best plants and harvest early beacuse of these bud worms. What happends is, butterfly moths lay there eggs in the bud and a week or so later you get the worms that eat your bud and there excriment is what rots the bud from inside out.

**fdd2blk** · 09-11-2008, 01:24 PM

i've been spraying Bt at least once a week. i will spray until the last 2 weeks or so. we have foggy evenings in the fall so it rinses everything.

**Blazingimmortals** · 09-11-2008, 01:26 PM

Monterey Insecticide with spinosad use that make sure you spray them good once a week until them little buggers are no more this stuff is so good it will kill the larvae

It will not interfere with taste

Good Luck

**madcow** · 09-11-2008, 03:34 PM

put a scarecrow up it'll scare away all the moths!!!

**madcow** · 09-11-2008, 03:37 PM

in Canada where I am anyway we don't have this problem.u still see the odd Caterpillar around but the moths are done laying eggs by now,lucky i guess.if any one knows about this pls enlighten me!!

**stonerbean** · 09-11-2008, 04:36 PM

wow dude ur plants are nice. wouldn't mind smokin that lol
but negative on the worms n moths, i dont know about them but those aren't our friends. =(
thats gotta suck.

**otisroundtree** · 09-11-2008, 06:17 PM

BT to the rescue...no worreis man it will work..you need to really drench those buds with a sprayer. This is also a good time to find the weak spots that may break off when those things pack weight the final 2 weeks and the wind and rain picks up...just tie em up if they get to leanin'. You see how that thing is embedded in the bud so really get them soaking wet!

**blackout** · 09-11-2008, 09:40 PM

man i have never seen bugs like that in my buds in oz ,fucking horrilble litter critters.
we do get cabbage moths though ,but i put down large broken eggshells ,and they are supposed to think they are other cabbage moths so stay away,that could be utter crap ,but the shells are good for the garden eventually ,and i have never seen them in my plants ,and hope never too ,maybe we dont get them here.??

**CrazyChester** · 09-12-2008, 01:37 AM

The first two pics show the type of damage done to the three buds in question. Now that I've sprayed, should I remove the damaged buds?

Thanks fdd for your comment. I remembered correctly your advise from last year.

**fdd2blk** · 09-12-2008, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by CrazyChester

The first two pics show the type of damage done to the three buds in question. Now that I've sprayed, should I remove the damaged buds?

Thanks fdd for your comment. I remembered correctly your advise from last year.

yes, remove any damaged bud. if the dead or damaged bud gets wet it starts to rot. you have to get all the bug poop outta there as well. it will cause rot and mildew.