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i grow a Skunk #1 plant (outdoor, soil, planted 1st June, ate BioBizz BioGrow at veg and BioBloom at flo) and is now in day #40 of flowering. It's a sensiseeds seed, on the web-site says 45-50 days flo time, but i also check to see cloudy/amber trich colour percentage with a microscope(i know this is the right rule to go by). anyways, i plan on harvesting at about 7 or 8 October.
the last three-four days i have a HUGE caterpillar problem!! my buds are formed densely already (you can see a pic at my thread "Leaves getting yellow, 6th week of flowering, Sk#1" in "Advanced Techniques & Problems"). I saw once a big green caterpillar about two or three weeks ago, i removed it and killed it right away, and though i was done (stupid!)
now the last days i observed 4 big green of those (about 1 & 1/4 inche length) and about 10 black smaller ones. All of them inside :eek: or on top :( of my dense buds. All of them removed and killed.
now i check twice a day and remove what i see (wearing rubber gloves always lol). what else can i do? i browsed the threads and found out BT or Spinosad spraying is a powerful solution, but only until 2 weeks before harvest. i have less time than that.. would it be risky to spray today?
the other solution, "netting", can anybody explain how this is done? maybe this is a better option for so close to harvest..
i also have neem oil. would it help spraying it over?
so, finally, if i choose just to hand pick the more caterpillars i can and harvest normally 7 Oct (i think early harvest would lead to bad quality weed, no good), my big question is:
-will these bastards just eat some of the bud and that's all, or will they affect it in any way that it may "spoil" or be dangerous??
thanks guys, really appreciate any help given, i'm in deep s*** right now!
i grow a Skunk #1 plant (outdoor, soil, planted 1st June, ate BioBizz BioGrow at veg and BioBloom at flo) and is now in day #40 of flowering. It's a sensiseeds seed, on the web-site says 45-50 days flo time, but i also check to see cloudy/amber trich colour percentage with a microscope(i know this is the right rule to go by). anyways, i plan on harvesting at about 7 or 8 October.
the last three-four days i have a HUGE caterpillar problem!! my buds are formed densely already (you can see a pic at my thread "Leaves getting yellow, 6th week of flowering, Sk#1" in "Advanced Techniques & Problems"). I saw once a big green caterpillar about two or three weeks ago, i removed it and killed it right away, and though i was done (stupid!)
now the last days i observed 4 big green of those (about 1 & 1/4 inche length) and about 10 black smaller ones. All of them inside :eek: or on top :( of my dense buds. All of them removed and killed.
now i check twice a day and remove what i see (wearing rubber gloves always lol). what else can i do? i browsed the threads and found out BT or Spinosad spraying is a powerful solution, but only until 2 weeks before harvest. i have less time than that.. would it be risky to spray today?
the other solution, "netting", can anybody explain how this is done? maybe this is a better option for so close to harvest..
i also have neem oil. would it help spraying it over?
so, finally, if i choose just to hand pick the more caterpillars i can and harvest normally 7 Oct (i think early harvest would lead to bad quality weed, no good), my big question is:
-will these bastards just eat some of the bud and that's all, or will they affect it in any way that it may "spoil" or be dangerous??
thanks guys, really appreciate any help given, i'm in deep s*** right now!