Chowing down on your buds at this very moment. At least their chowing down on mine. I hit them with some with some BT this evening.

I have a question or two for those who have used BT in the past. Does it effect the quality of the weed. (Taste, Buzz....) And is it really safe for smoking. How long do you have to wait after spraying before you harvest. I've been using BT on my garden for decades without any problems but I always wash the food I grow before I eat it. But I'd have to be crazy to wash my weed before smoking it. Though I could give it a little spray down a few days before harvest. Any suggestions?

Here's some pics of my two plants progress. You can see the damage done to one of the buds and one of our crawly little pests.

If anyone has any idea of the strains I'm growing I'd sure like to know.

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i hate them bastards i have to go out into my garden every morning with latex gloves and tweasers and pick the fuckers outta my sweet smelling buds and clean up the mess they made if that means chopping and throwing away buds i also find tons of eggs as well and fuck its just so many..good thing i got alot of colas that arent infested yet im not afraid to dig into my sticky buds to make sure they are clean this is my first grow and i will be prepared for em next yr.

wtf I thought this was all stuff up north.

If your plants are in pots does this reduce the chance of getting them....

Damn im scared now!!

if your outdoors u have a good chance of getting them unless u were prepared i wasnt so i got them i have to search my buds everyday and i find tons its gross

For budworms, you should spray your plants every 3 weeks with BT, a beneficial bacteria, throughout their veg state, and the first half of flowering. That will keep the worms from growing on your plants. And that way, you don't have to spray your ripening buds.

BT will affect the taste of your bud if used too late in the season. It's just fine to wash your plants before harvest. Even my indoor plants are sometimes taken outside on harvest day and sprayed down well with a fine spray, and then dried for a couple of hours and harvested.

HTH

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i think my buds are too far along for me to be spraying BT on em

The buds on my infested plant are about three weeks out from harvest so I'll hit it again in about 10 days then let it finish. My other plant is about 4 to 5 weeks out so I might have to hit it twice. If I remember correctly fdd sprayed his last year up until about two or three weeks before harvest. Am I correct on that fdd?
I've sprayed my tomatoes with BT in the evening and harvested the next morning with no problems. I'm not to afraid of toxic problems because BT is considered an organic pesticide. I'm more worried about flavor.

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I think I would dry those worms out and crush em up into a bowl and puff away.

I couldn't quite determine how big that bud worm was. A week or two ago I found a little brown caterpillar thing in one of my girls, and I picked it off. Now I'm noticing that I have what locals call "meat bees" picking through my plants, and I'm wondering if they're finding and eating more of these little things I found. It was between 1/4"-18" long.

What's the BT, or the bacteria that are in it?

Are the GrowFAQs back up yet?

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why in the world would you do that?????? i would seriously like to see you do it. I think it would be funny. and a lil dee dee dee !