construction of a tree fort

tahoe58 said:

hmmm.....sorry to hear that ...good luck.

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i must find a way to stop these caterpillars. somehow there has got to be something i can do next year to rid myself of this mess. it happens every year. if i could stop this from happening i could do a lot better.

Yea - I hear ya, prolly pretty hard to nix them all completely - though I suppose it might be like you were talking beefore about companion plants that could be made to act as a deterrent or barrier....but that....that.....thing is so freakin huge....its gotta be tough to protect it from all the other nasty stuff floating around everywehre....

fdd2blk said:

i must find a way to stop these caterpillars. somehow there has got to be something i can do next year to rid myself of this mess. it happens every year. if i could stop this from happening i could do a lot better.

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tahoe58 said:

Yea - I hear ya, prolly pretty hard to nix them all completely - though I suppose it might be like you were talking beefore about companion plants that could be made to act as a deterrent or barrier....but that....that.....thing is so freakin huge....its gotta be tough to protect it from all the other nasty stuff floating around everywehre....

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looks like a bomber just dropped a full load on it. all my tops are gone. the little bastards start down low and crawl up the inside. the evenings get moist and the dew collects. it's over. i saved a lot and the lower buds should fill in nicely. i'll go get some pics.

a little battered.......

Kant said:

you could try these guys. the place is out of them but this could be a possible solution....maybe? although that place is in michigan so that might be a little too long of shipping to cali for live pest control.

Caterpillar Parasites
(Trichogramma)
Amazing Caterpillar Parasites (Trichogramma species) control over 200 species of Caterpillars, making them the most popular bio-control in the world. They're so tiny (1/50 of an inch from wingtip to wingtip) you probably won't even see them. They work by laying their eggs inside moth or butterfly eggs so that, instead of a new generation of caterpillars, another parasite generation hatches out and goes on to repeat the cycle.


Caterpillars Predators and Caterpillar Natural Pest Controls at Home Harvest Garden Supply

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the bat knows his bugs. thank you i will look into this one for sure.

i don't know a whole lot about them (other than they're tasty) but from what i've gathered, they infest the caterpillar egg and lay their own babies.

Kant said:

i don't know a whole lot about them (other than they're tasty) but from what i've gathered, they infest the caterpillar egg and lay their own babies.

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i sprinkled pirate bugs last year for spidermite control. i now have an established population of them living in my garden. they keep everything under control. this sounds really good.

so often the natural cjhoice of introducing something like that works best....I'll glad to hear its worked in that case. I'm sure you can find something for the wormys. Do you think that the canopy may also controbute by creating a more still and "protected" environ? I dunno, just a thought?

fdd2blk said:

i sprinkled pirate bugs last year for spidermite control. i now have an established population of them living in my garden. they keep everything under control. this sounds really good.

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tahoe58 said:

so often the natural cjhoice of introducing something like that works best....I'll glad to hear its worked in that case. I'm sure you can find something for the wormys. Do you think that the canopy may also controbute by creating a more still and "protected" environ? I dunno, just a thought?

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i don't know. i'm thinking "covered garden" next year.


i was asleep in my tent the other night. kitty down at my feet. about 5am. woke up to something crawling up the leg of my sweatpants. f&ckin' big ass spider. i used my other foot to smash and mash and crush him. i was freaked out and didn't even want to think about it. just kill it. i thought i had gotten it. just as i was falling back asleep i felt it at my inner thigh. i was naked within 3 seconds.


i hate bugs.

ROFL you're cool as shit Fdd that sounds like something i would do.

fdd2blk said:

i don't know. i'm thinking "covered garden" next year.


i was asleep in my tent the other night. kitty down at my feet. about 5am. woke up to something crawling up the leg of my sweatpants. f&ckin' big ass spider. i used my other foot to smash and mash and crush him. i was freaked out and didn't even want to think about it. just kill it. i thought i had gotten it. just as i was falling back asleep i felt it at my inner thigh. i was naked within 3 seconds.


i hate bugs.

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Wow that fucking SUCKS, I had one come down from the vent above my head the other night and it flew past my head missing my hair my milimeters lol. Then another one from the same damn vent a couple nights later, but this time it landed on my damn arm. Never killed it either cuz when i reached to turn the light on he disapeared on me. I was freaked out for hours thinking i felt something crawling on me. Fuckin spiders can go to HAYELL.

bugs are cool, unless they invade my bubble. then its war. i usually win.

Hey FDD. Since these worms come from moths then I would think a simple mesh cloth during the nite would help to protect the plants. I dont think you would have to worRy during the day. Then the plant can get all the light it wants when the sun is out. Again just a thought if those Catapiller parasites dont establish for you. Good Luck on getting those BASTARDS!!

KM

usually? what happens when they win? hahaha

scary things my friend... scary things...

holy crap..ROTFLMAO!!!!!oh man....i know it wasn't funny at the time....I'm certain it wasn't but....man...i have an image........and its got my gut splitting! yea creepy crawlies in the night morning whenever, no thanks....funny coming from a biologist that spent years living in the bush. Guess I'm just getting old! It was so funny a couple of months ago, I'm lying in bed, and just slowly sorta waking up...and I feel this big honkin ass bug crawling up my arm, well I fling it against the wall and lept outta bed wondering what the hell that was? couldn't find a thing....anywhere....so I thought crap that was one way t5o realy dream....anyhow, the next day....i go to the toilet, and looky here....a freakin mouse drwoned in the bowl.....man...so I wasn't losing it afterall....hahahahaha

fdd2blk said:

i don't know. i'm thinking "covered garden" next year.


i was asleep in my tent the other night. kitty down at my feet. about 5am. woke up to something crawling up the leg of my sweatpants. f&ckin' big ass spider. i used my other foot to smash and mash and crush him. i was freaked out and didn't even want to think about it. just kill it. i thought i had gotten it. just as i was falling back asleep i felt it at my inner thigh. i was naked within 3 seconds.


i hate bugs.

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Hey FDD, I may have missed in one of your earlier threads...I assume you
sleep outside for security reasons. That makes sense but why don't you
just get a dov. pincher or German Shepard...or both.

JonnyBlunt88 said:

Hey FDD, I may have missed in one of your earlier threads...I assume you
sleep outside for security reasons. That makes sense but why don't you
just get a dov. pincher or German Shepard...or both.

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it would eat my kitty.

ew... spiders...