Cons7
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So, I found 2 small (1/2"), what appears to be, budworm. Light green in color, don't have a pic of it, but now I keep finding these small white eggs on the plants. Going through them daily to remove them, I take the entire leaf if I find one and they only seem to show up by themselves.
I have not found any moths, or other worms since then, just these things around. After much reading I can only think they are budworm eggs, but with the lack of moths or more worms I'm still unsure. Also, all the pictures I can find of budworm eggs, they have small ridges, these do not. They are almost snail shell shaped.
They have been sprayed with Neem Oil once, about 4 days prior to this post. So, it could be under control with continue use of Neem Oil. Once a week is my current plan. I also have some BT liquid/powder coming and some spinosad.
The plants are very healthy looking, a bit of purple on the fan leaf stems. I believe this is just due to my misunderstanding of the food soil web when I put the soil together, not really worried about that though, again, they are looking really good.
While I do think this may be under control, my main concern is that the eggs DO NOT have the ridges that the pictures I'm finding of budworm eggs have. Hopefully I wont be able to provide more pictures, due to not finding anything, but I'm about to go through them all again for another sweep, which is being done daily
I have not found any moths, or other worms since then, just these things around. After much reading I can only think they are budworm eggs, but with the lack of moths or more worms I'm still unsure. Also, all the pictures I can find of budworm eggs, they have small ridges, these do not. They are almost snail shell shaped.
They have been sprayed with Neem Oil once, about 4 days prior to this post. So, it could be under control with continue use of Neem Oil. Once a week is my current plan. I also have some BT liquid/powder coming and some spinosad.
The plants are very healthy looking, a bit of purple on the fan leaf stems. I believe this is just due to my misunderstanding of the food soil web when I put the soil together, not really worried about that though, again, they are looking really good.
While I do think this may be under control, my main concern is that the eggs DO NOT have the ridges that the pictures I'm finding of budworm eggs have. Hopefully I wont be able to provide more pictures, due to not finding anything, but I'm about to go through them all again for another sweep, which is being done daily
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