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Thanks you guys
I was playing..I still have tons to learn..
I'm already am excited about next year Crom :)
Build your self a green house with mesh walls for ventalation, i had similar problem last year. Only way is to keep them away from your ladies.
Nice job Ken. You've come a long way friend.
Alex, I fear you may be too late to get most of them. I followed Seamaiden's advice on the BT/ Spinosad sprays early in the season. I think it is important to allow the BT spray to form a slight residue on your plant to deter these things from even getting started. I found only one (little baby) this whole season and it was dead.
In your case, it sounds like some have already worked their way into the buds along the stem. This will make them near impossible to get. Watch for areas on buds where they are turning brown. That will reveal where the caterpiller has already tunneled out along the stem.
Sounds like you are best off harvesting early. I remember one year when I hung my outdoor plant to dry in my closet to dry. I thought I had picked off all the caterpillars. 2 days later I checked and there were 40 or 50 little babies munching my drying bud. Little black caterpillar shits were everywhere. Not very appetising for a smoke.
K, the WORST for me is when everything is dried and cured and ready for trimming. And you're sitting there trimming, saving that gorgeous top cola for last because you know it's gonna be SO beautiful, and... It. Just. Crumbles. In your hand. Just crumbles away, and then these fucking turds fall out of the stem. Bud looked great on the outside, but turd-filled on the inside and crumbly from mold.Yea & the caterpillar shit will turn in2 mold when trying 2 dry ur buds
So true, and it's what keeps me looking and moving forward. Plus, learning this plant helps learn me others, and so on, and so on and so it goes.Exactly, I learn something new every cycle, if it isn't grow room related mechanics it's a certain varieties preferance that will become known to me....I never stop learning with this plant, no matter how much you know there is more to learn!
Good advice all around, but just remember to never use bT more than 2 or 3 times a season either, or all you will be doing is breeding bT resistant caterpillars. If you are still having pest issues after 3 applications switch to something else.
Also I would be careful using azatrol very far into bud. Even though it is organic it still poses potential health hazards. It very clearly states on the MSDS that it should not come into contact with water, food, or animal feed, so I'd be leery using too much of it late into flower on something you are going to smoke......
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