Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics

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Those little fuckers really hurt your yields. I was too close to harvest to use any chemical insect repellents. My only option was to go thru every bud with a pair of tweezers and a magnifying glass and pull them all out one by one. This was a big plant too. It was about a foot taller than me and I am 6'1". You MUST get then out ASAP!!!! Or your buds will be turning brown and falling off before you know it.

my bad if i sound like a newb but whats bt

I never saw one live OR dead worm this year, but found about a dozen small dead buds where worms had started eating before getting Bt'd. A thorough spraying of the buds during the second or third week of flowering(mid August)b may pay off if you miss a bud during the later, lighter applications. I am having problems with mold in a couple greenhouse plants that produced VERY large dense buds. They were harvested a couple days before a three day wet spell, a few weeks ago. Fans usually minimize this problem, but I'll probably lose a couple ounces.

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Ok what does BT mean? i tryed looking it up and i get alot of random stuff. Im preping for this summer it will be my first outdoor grow

CrimsonN9NE said:

Ok what does BT mean? i tryed looking it up and i get alot of random stuff. Im preping for this summer it will be my first outdoor grow

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I put a couple dollops of Vaseline on the main stem up from the dirt line and check there for "tracks" first thing every morning, kinda gives me an idea of any activity

I've read quit a few pages of this, Does anyone use neem/karanja oil? My very large crop was devastated by these little bastages, learned after the fact that this is the best prevention, food grade organic, you can actually eat straight out of bottle. spray twice a week through the whole thing maybe stop couple weeks before harvest.

Im on the central coast of Cali, gonna be throwing some plants outside this year, should I be worried about any moths or bugs in my area? Been thinking about either having them covered in a mosiqto net or just spraying BT and PYRETHRIN till about 2-3 weeks b4 harvest. Anyone having problems this year or last around in this area?

Is there something better I can spray them with or does BT pretty much eliminate most bugs?

Grew a crop last year and had no moth problems, but I really wanna be certain this year, spraying the plants wont affect the yield, or taste?
THanks RIU!!!

BroJohnson said:

Grew a crop last year and had no moth problems, but I really wanna be certain this year, spraying the plants wont affect the yield, or taste?
THanks RIU!!!

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BT is a bacteria targets caterpillar guts, there's also spinosad which is more multipurpose. Neem oil works well against other pests and there is Serenade organic fungicide for mold control.


PYRETHRIN is still an organophosphate, something to think about if you're smoking it.

I've heard this works very well !!

Any active ingredient with "thrin" on the end is good for killing all stages of insects including eggs. But u don't want to u this in flowering. BT is ok in flowering.

it crucial to spray two weeks before you go into flowering and throughout the flowering process. The moths lay microscopic eggs that you cant even see! The the only way to be sure is PREVENTION. + fresh caterpillar larva is very sensitive to BT. If you try to spray when there already a inch long munching hardcore, your too late

My last grow had these Caterpillars and they came down from the big tree above
the pot plants. They came down on a silk string that they produce just like a spider.
I seen them easily hanging on the silk strings coming down to the plants so this year I will put
up a clear thin tarp above the plants to stop the Caterpillars.

The year before on a outside grow, I used a tarp to cover above the plants at night and I had zero Caterpillars
all the way to harvest. They seem to come only in flower otherwise. Fuckers do big damage no doubt.

I was absolute demolished by bud worms last year easily lost some #'s
Im curious if anyone knows where to buy big mosquito nets? The bigger the better.
i will sew them together if I have to.
I don't want to worry about a spray working or not working..
in previous posts I seem someone mentioning shadescreen but that blocks uv and that is defeating the purpose of having this awesome weather..

acouple years ago me and some guys use a fabric called Thule its basically a screen looking fabric we used brown to blend in ( gorilla)
It worked well but we already had a care built and just went over the cage

it was really light and thin so it didn't block much sun it was damn near transparent.

the only downfall was that the Hoyt summer ruined it and we had pieces of this plasticky/nylony/ fabric everywhere
and that it was only one yard wide we we had to sew the crap out of it

didly said:

I was absolute demolished by bud worms last year easily lost some #'s
Im curious if anyone knows where to buy big mosquito nets? The bigger the better.
i will sew them together if I have to.

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I'm getting mine at Bed Bath & Beyond at $30 a piece.
Bed canopy and mosquito netting. They are big at 8' x 40' each.

Milovan said:

I'm getting mine at Bed Bath & Beyond at $30 a piece.
Bed canopy and mosquito netting. They are big at 8' x 40' each.

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Fuck yeah that's awesome bro!!!
Thanks for the info
Are they only white??
Whatever I will deal with white paint it if I have to.
not gorilla or anything but I'm not far from the airport and do get heli's
8 x 40 feet?? That's huge!!
8 x 4?

What is BT? I am a newbie and found 2 of these buggers this morning. White Widow is 9 weeks. They were really small. should i expect more?