Outdoor grow = stressful

Okay, so Im very frustrated with my outdoor grow right now. My main spot where I've been maintaining 15 plants has been chopped to 2! Mainly from fallen "10-minute itch" stalks. So I was there tonight and I cleaned my area up because I plan on giving it another try. Here are my two survivors and they are doing okay but my strawberry cough seems stressed.
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Strawberry cough:
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My indica plant that prevailed.
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It's been eaten at but that shouldn't cause too much harm. A couple leaves look deformed too, what would that be?

Also, any suggestions for what I should do with this spot to make it more fertile and dependable? Here are some pictures of the spot so you can get an idea.

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So basically I've weeded through 10-minute itch and created a ufo-like circle.(but i got frustrated today and ripped everything fuckin out )It's next to a big river so I know this soil must be fertile and irrigated.

Bump, any experiened outdoor growers who can help me with the situation? This strawberry plant is growing very slow, its 1.5 months old and has only gotten this big. I'm sure it was in shock from the transplant I made from scott's fertilizer, to regular soil.

I would focus on the caterpillars right now. Looks like there the reason you lost so much. Surround them with chicken wire throw some really sticky shit around it. There are products meant for just this. Some goop you put on the lower main stem, to catch anything that wants to munch on your babies. After that I would then focus on what I would call a deficiency. Need some more pics to tell what exactly. Get pics of the whole shit and some as close as you can to the leaves.

I'm an experienced outdoor grower so ill be here to help you out man...

everything smokey up there said was pretty much it.... PROTECT those babies...

any pesticide protection at all??


your problem might be just that the whole area is very fertile and alot of pests come and forage... look around at other plants and see if they're messed up

Protect them puppies. Cut worm can be stopped by a toilet paper roll cut the long way to open the cylinder. Wrap it around the bottom of the stem and burry it half way in the ground (1-2 inches) above and below, then tape it shut so the pest wont be able to get to the stem w/o climbing over the roll. This prevents the catapillar from finding the stem and chewing thru it. Dry Cornmeal spread around the plant will help, the catapilar will eat it and it expands in their stomach, killing them. Then spray the leaves in hot pepper water to deter them from chewing away if they do make it to the plant. While there lots of ways to stop them, this worked for me.

I experienced some really bad bug attacks that killed my plants and stunted some growth. I had 5 plants completely eaten and many partially.

I solved the problem!

GO BUY SEVIN-5 DUST! You can find it at lowes or home depot.

Sprinkle on leaves and on ground around your plants. If bugs even walk over this shit they die. haha no joke. Kills over 65 insects!

I applied twice at the beginning of last month and haven't had ANY problems since.

I would not use directly on MJ plants during flowering and I would never use on my vegetables

Bottom line... Its toxic, It works, it KILLS!!!!!

therealdream said:

I'm an experienced outdoor grower so ill be here to help you out man...

everything smokey up there said was pretty much it.... PROTECT those babies...

any pesticide protection at all??


your problem might be just that the whole area is very fertile and alot of pests come and forage... look around at other plants and see if they're messed up

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Hell yes, all the other plants are eaten to hell. So whats the best method to use for getting rid of bugs in general?

bump......

Smokey95033 said:

I would focus on the caterpillars right now. Looks like there the reason you lost so much. Surround them with chicken wire throw some really sticky shit around it. There are products meant for just this. Some goop you put on the lower main stem, to catch anything that wants to munch on your babies. After that I would then focus on what I would call a deficiency. Need some more pics to tell what exactly. Get pics of the whole shit and some as close as you can to the leaves.

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Defiency in the soil? because it shouldn't be from me over feeding them as I just started to feed them that very day with fox farm grow. I mixed 1teaspoon-1/2gal because I plan on feeding them every 2 weeks.

Well you should be on track now.