Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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smok3h
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Good to hear.
From what I've read on here these things seem pretty heavy on the west coast and down south where it's a lot warmer. But I'm still curious to hear if anyone else near my location has had them.
smok3h
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There are a fair amount of moths here at night. Alright, I'll take precautions with BT. Thanks for the responses.
FresnoFarmer
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I already have worms chopping on my leaves. time to break out the sevin dust. Once that's done I'm gonna start the BT applications. Little bastards.....I could already feel it. It's gonna be a long season with the early morning picking and spraying.
smok3h
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What's the sevin dust for? Isn't the BT enough?
FresnoFarmer
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I already have it. And it works on more than just worms. I just came back from a local nursery right now. I bought some Tanglefoot to help prevent the little bastards from crawling up the stocks of the plants. I hope this shit works. It was only 6.50 but still.
Laney
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I have some Tanglefoot products that I use with great success. They are a marvel for keeping ants out of the hummingbird feeders. However, you have to be very careful applying directly to plants. Most people don't do that. Tamglefoot makes a tree tape to put on your tree and then paint the Tree Tanglefoot on that (there are several Tanglefoot products). Weatherstripping applied and then encased in aluminum foil works well for this. I have not used it on my ladies because they are LST'd with multiple routes of entry, like stakes and tomato cages, fencing and wire. Besides it would not help with the moths who lay their eggs on the plants.
smok3h
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Checked my plants again tonight, and found another visitor on my plant this time. This one, however, I will gladly welcome. This visitor was a tiny tree frog. I guess you could call it a froglet. Must have just outgrown it's tadpole state within the past few days. The past two nights my windows have just been absolutely covered in these little guys; it's awesome. I live on a lake (more like a giant pond, but officially it's a lake). This gives me hope that I'll have some assistance in my pest control. I can't believe I forgot about all the frogs and toads in my yard. They've probably been helping all summer and I just haven't realized it.
FresnoFarmer
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I have praying mantis'(contemplating actually ordering some) in my potted garden. I also have a bunch of tiny quarter size frogs in my planting bed. I see them every time I water
they look pretty cool up close with a magnifying glass. Hopefully they are eating the moths at night over there. I skipped the sevin dust today and just started spraying the BT(wanna see if it actually works).
Laney
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I am spraying once a week and everything is going great. I was alternating neem and bt but, for the rest of the grow, I will be alternating bt with spinosad or azamax. Not liking the neem oil smell ...
So far I seem to be keeping everything at bay. I did have a spate with some pretty persistent leaf rollers a few weeks back but I sprayed with permethrin (while waiting for the bt to arrive) and that wiped them out. I don't plan on repeating permethrin unless there is a persistent problem.
So far I seem to be keeping everything at bay. I did have a spate with some pretty persistent leaf rollers a few weeks back but I sprayed with permethrin (while waiting for the bt to arrive) and that wiped them out. I don't plan on repeating permethrin unless there is a persistent problem.
HUSTLERBOY20
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Im about ready to dunk my plants in BT..I keep finding pillars that are of a size pretty well visible which means he's been there a while..I just hack them in half with my scissors or drown them...I need a bug zapper or maybe ill just screen all the openings in the GH cause I'm starting to freak out whether or not the little ones are deep in the buds or not
greennewfie
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you need some liquid seaweed spray works amazing i have 3 local growers saved from the all out invasion of caterpillars
1 friend almost lost everything he started using the spray i gave him and BAMMM!!! no more caterpillars lol!!
1 friend almost lost everything he started using the spray i gave him and BAMMM!!! no more caterpillars lol!!
FresnoFarmer
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i found a huge praying mantis and a bunch of baby ones yesterday when watering my roses. yay!!
HUSTLERBOY20
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How long do you have to use mixed up BT if you mixed it up in a sprayer and say set it aside and ran into some hang ups but mean to come back and use that sprayer 2 days later..will the BT bugs die off in the sprayer ?
UncleBuck
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my bottle says use within 24 hours.
Laney
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With stuff like that, I'll usually just spray it on my tomatoes and mix a new batch for the girls
