Anyone used pest control cloth on plants ?

[sicoroot]

Hello growers, I'm planning my outdoor grow for next spring summer and I have this idea for pest control.

Last summer I had found a lot of worms inside the buds, eating and pooping and rotting away the flowers. I'd say they ruined a 15% of my harvest, I still had a good amount of flowers but it was very annoying seeing it happen and also clean out the mold that generates from rotting flowers.

I've been thinking of creating a boxed type of frame around the plant, leaving enough room for growth ( width and height ), and wrap the frame with a white pest control cloth to prevent the white butterflies ( the ones I've seen around the plant that I found out to be the origin of the worms ) to reach the plant.
I guess that it should work but I was wondering if anyone had tried a similar pest control technique or used better ones ?
Any issue you see with this, apart the extra work of making it and a more complicated access to the plant...I'd probably have to create a couple of flap opening to reach the plant for pruning etc

 

[Oldchucky]

Might work. As long as it doesn’t filter out too much sunlight! In my opinion, if it worked that well, you would see a lot of people doing it already!

 

[sicoroot]

Might work. As long as it doesn’t filter out too much sunlight! In my opinion, if it worked that well, you would see a lot of people doing it already!

yes good point, it's not the most practical so I guess this might be an obstacle for some. Or maybe this pest is not an issue for them, I have seen it used of other plants to protect them from birds, bugs etc. The worms I find comes form the White Large Butterfly, I thought that if I'm able to prevent the butterfly to stop and deposit eggs on the flowers I should be on a good track...

 

[Oldchucky]

By all means, give it a try. Only one way to find out. 15% is tolerable. I don’t like fucking with my sunlight. I am a fan of isolating, the plant away from other plants and total darkness at night. But that’s not always possible.

 

[cpurola]

yes good point, it's not the most practical so I guess this might be an obstacle for some. Or maybe this pest is not an issue for them, I have seen it used of other plants to protect them from birds, bugs etc. The worms I find comes form the White Large Butterfly, I thought that if I'm able to prevent the butterfly to stop and deposit eggs on the flowers I should be on a good track...

Good idea. My concern is you'd be keeping the beneficial bugs out too. And cutting down the air circulation. It would be worth a try on a couple of plants, if you could spare them.
If you do it, please let us know if it works.