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Sounds like you live next door
Sounds like you live next doorSo far this grow I’ve had mites, thrips, white fly, aphids, worms, grasshoppers, leaf hoppers and miners.
Aphids come early, so I’ll inspect daily and kill by hand, while spraying the big attractants like roses & nasturtiums with water & soap.
Thrips, leaf miners, & white flies I don’t worry about and just pull any infected leaves. (Don’t get a ton of any of these pest.)
Kill grasshoppers & leaf hoppers by hand.
If you have bud worms in your area you have to be proactive. If you don’t, it’ll be too late in flower. I’ve already started spraying Bt and will continue throughout the grow. When the cannabis plants are young they don’t attract a lot of worms, so I’ll also spray other yard plants that I know the worms are going after now. I have Jerusalem Artichokes (tall yellow daisy like plant) and I’ve been spraying them also.
For mites I’m also proactive in cleaning out leaf liter and removing plants that attract them. For instance the two spotted mites love cat mint and dandelions so I’ll make sure to remove any that pop up over the winter. I saw mites in my yard back in February - with the two-spotted spider mites the overwintering females are the ones that are larger and reddish in color. I’ll use spinosad and a home recipe of oil & isopropyl alcohol. Spinosad is only supposed to be used a limited number of times during a growing, so will use the oils in veg and try and save the spinosad for flower (August). Just pulled all my Nasturtiums a few days back, as they’re already fading and also a big attractant.
The worms are the only pest I’ll spray before seeing. Not a good plan to randomly spray stuff if you don’t know what the pest is and how much of a problem it’ll be. If you’re growing in the same area within a few years you’ll know what’s around. Most of the beneficial bugs will show up late to the party, so you don’t want to be killing all them before they can do the heavy lifting.
The yelling seems to be working well
Bt (SA-12).What do you use for the caterpillars?
Hey at least you’re on to the pattern and what to look for! That’s a huge up in this game : )Bt (SA-12).
Last year was the first year in decades I didn’t get any worms. But it wasn’t due to spraying, I have no clue. Guessing it was weather related as we had a very mild summer.
I picked a worm off one of my plants yesterday and seen them on other flowers. I notice that as soon as it gets warm I’ll get an explosion of Skipper butterflies. They’re not the problem, but when they show up, so do the bud worms (small moths) and I’ve been seeing a fair amount of the Skippers for months.
Think it’s going to be a bad year.
That wiener dog would probably make more of a mess trying to get the damn moleI’m normally not all that concerned about moles, but I’ve got one young buck who’s been real busy and dug into a newly transplanted tomato. So just dug up and transplanted a gopher weed (Euphorbia lathris). No idea if the mole will notice, but easier than getting a wiener dog.
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ya know i used to have that mole plant all over my yard at the old place it friggin never helped just lettin you know, maybe it will work for you but i doubt it LOLI’m normally not all that concerned about moles, but I’ve got one young buck who’s been real busy and dug into a newly transplanted tomato. So just dug up and transplanted a gopher weed (Euphorbia lathris). No idea if the mole will notice, but easier than getting a wiener dog
I dug it up from my yard as they do continuously sprout up (just not where I need it now). Years ago the gophers were digging up my lawn & yard, and I was Bill Murray. Tried it all - traps, gas, flooding, and picked up the weed back then. Can’t say definitively it works, but haven’t had a gopher in decadesya know i used to have that mole plant all over my yard at the old place it friggin never helped just lettin you know, maybe it will work for you but i doubt it LOL
I'm an outdoor grower. Last year I used Dr. Zymes eliminator once per week. Got under and over leaves, stems, stalk, soil base. I avoided most bugs that seem to cause problems around here. I did not avoid Cats. This year I will use BT for Cats as a preventer. This step will hopefully prevent some of the Bud Rot from last year.I've ended up with B.T, Lost Coast Plant Therapy and Neem spray to try and keep my outside ladies healthy and bug-free. I'm wondering how you guys use what you use. Do you begin spraying/treating as soon as you put them outside? I've already seen insect activity after 2 days, so I'm thinking just go ahead and start treating now and get ahead of the little buggers.
Do you alternate what you use? I've heard bugs develop some resistance if you only use one method, if going organic. Is that true?
I'd appreciate hearing about how you outside guys and gals approach organic critter maintenance.
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