Kopper1013 said:

I forget who but someone here told me to take a needle and stab through the stalk wherever I thought they could be, seems to have gotten the ones I was chasing, I was also told spray wouldn’t do much as they are insideView attachment 1259933View attachment 1259935my pics are shit but the red circle looked like where my borers were then if you look close you’ll see a line of holes where the needle went in on the second pic. I did on both the north south and East west directions….good luck

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strider26554 said:

Those are borers, corn borers to be specific. I get a number of them every year, there are a number of good publications online about the first and second generation of borers and what stage at will determine the right erradication process. its never pretty but i mange to control pretty well with organics, dead bug and several other not to plug a product but it works pretty well at killing the eggs which will be on the underside of the leaves usually near the middle of the plant.

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Kopper1013 said:

Needle just kills them (stabbing them) plant didn’t mind at all

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mysticepipedon said:

The hole in the stem with the caterpillar poop all around it is the classic sign.

Outdoor growing requires a lot of pre-emptive Bt, IMO. Once you notice the damage, you've lost a bit of the crop already.

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