Hole in stalk?

zerran elar

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #1

about Two or three inches about the soil thers a hole completely threw my stalk? is brown stuff around the edge of the hole. is this badd? Ive read something about this happening to others but i dont fully remember, any help would be nice. Many thanks.

 

Boneman

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #2

I've never had any holes but have read about others having one. Sorry I couldnt tell you either way but it makes me think you have or had a bud eat through it. I bet he got hella fucked up and died. LOL

 

zerran elar

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #3

He better have died! lol.

 

zerran elar

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #4

any one HElp?

 

Minnestoner

New Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #5

you have a damn worm eatin that shit man.

 

Green Cross

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• Aug 9, 2009

• #6

Minnestoner said:

you have a damn worm eatin that shit man.

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Yeah it sounds like a worm or something bored it's way in, and probably lives in the stem now.

 

skunkiefun

Active Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #7

Has to be some sort of bug.

 

fried at 420

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #8

looks like you got a woodpecker problem lol!
damn that sucks
how thick is your stem?
id say tape it off or sumthing
if any thing is living in there a lack of oxygen will get rid of them

 

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guitarabuser

Guest

• Aug 9, 2009

• #9

Here is some info from Ed R. in his Cannabis Culture article http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/4940.html
Stem Borer
My biggest and best plant is in her last two weeks of flowering. I noticed a hole in the main stem about three inches below the bottom of the main cola. It is about a half-inch in diameter and it's surrounded by a white growth that looks like mold. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be chewed tissue inside from my plant after the insect had burrowed its way in there. What kind of insect would burrow into my plant at that height?
T-Dud,
Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
It could be a caterpillar but it might be a beetle. Caterpillars enter the stem to feed and pupate. Beetles enter mostly to lay eggs. In either case they are not good for the plant and will destroy the inside flesh. The creatures can be killed with a pyrethrum solution. Use a syringe to inject the solution into the stem. Clean the hole with hydrogen peroxide and then rub it using a glue stick. The glue seals the wound to air and infection.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/4940.html

 

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guitarabuser

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• Aug 9, 2009

• #10

fried at 420 said:

if any thing is living in there a lack of oxygen will get rid of them

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Man, I'm pretty sure bugs live inside plants all the time. I don't think that's going to work. If it chewed its way in, it will just chew its way out.

 

fried at 420

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• Aug 9, 2009

• #11

guitarabuser said:

Man, I'm pretty sure bugs live inside plants all the time. I don't think that's going to work. If it chewed its way in, it will just chew its way out.

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yea wuznt thinking about that

 

Green Cross

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2009

• #12

fried at 420 said:

looks like you got a woodpecker problem lol!
damn that sucks
how thick is your stem?
id say tape it off or sumthing
if any thing is living in there a lack of oxygen will get rid of them

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weedpecker more likely lol

Stalk borer larva looking for a buzz

 

zerran elar

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2009

• #13

Those bastards, The plant seems to be doing jsut fine, Thanks for the help. Always there when i need it