Bug eggs on plant (harvest)

Hey guys, I have a plant that I took down last night and noticed that I had quite a few bug eggs (more than likely aphids or Thrips) mostly around the flower on the inner leaves.

I guess my questions is what do I do? They knock off pretty easy with a brush of the finger but there is still some that i'm not able to get without touching the flower to much.

The branches are already off and big fan leaves have already been pruned off. Should I just continue to try and knock off as much as I can or is there something I can spray on them? From some of the research i've done it doesnt seem very harmful to smoke a few of them if they are caught in there but i'm more worried about the eggs hatching and my shit getting destroyed while its drying.

Any advise or input is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I have an Organic Insecticide (Ecosmart is the name). Would it be wise to spray this on the flower to kill the eggs? Again, these are already off the plant as of last night. It says you can spray and harvest on the same day but I doubt the bottle is speaking of harvesting bud lol. I just want to make sure i'm not going to get a taste or anything.

thanks.

Are you going to be using those buds for personal use? If so, try water curing the buds.

Ripped from another forum:
The idea here is to cut down on all the drying time, while removing a lot of the bad stuff (fertilizers, chloriphyll, ect...) from the bud at the same time.
Materials:
1. Water cooler (or any other item to hold water, with room for buds)
2. Water
3. Dehydrator (optional)
4. Bud

Steps:
1. Chop down the plants as normal, and manicure them like normal. But dont dry them. (ive heard you could dry and cure normally and then do the water cure but to me it seems like a waste of time)
2. Lay the manicured buds in the bottom of a cooler and slowly pour water into the cooler, trying not to move around the buds too much. If the buds float, put a plate or something over them so that they stay COMPLETELY submerged. (if they arent completely submerged, it is pretty much a molds dream vacation)
3. Change the water every day for 7 days, and on the seventh (or eighth if you want... just be sure that they dont make it past

take them out and hang them up to dry with a fan blowing on them (food dehydrators work well too... or in the over on the lowest temperature) and it shouldnt take more than a few hours to dry. After its dried, its ready to be smoked or stored.

NOTE:
Doing this will cut down on the amount of final product because of all the contaminates it removes. It will also kill bag appeal, so i wouldnt recommend doing this for a commercial grow since it pretty much turns the weed brown. But it does increase the concentration of THC (does NOT make more THC) but since THC isnt water-soluable, the contaminates get removed, but all the THC stays. Although it seems hard to believe (to me it was at first...) ive never seen any mold come up from doing this method (and ive even got my friends into doing it with theirs... no mold on theirs either). I would still recommend doing it on only a small part of your harvest at first tho, so that way if something goes wrong then it will only be a little bud lost instead of a whole crop.

Thanks for the reply purplehazin, I will be selling most of this stuff so I don't think that the above option would work to well for me. Being that it turns the weed brown and we all know "bag appeal" is a big deal when it comes to the average smoker. Another thing I noticed about the above method is why does it take 7 days? it seems like once the bud is submerged the eggs would just die..

I'm a little upset cause this all happened in the matter of like a week. Still looking for a resolution..

Thanks guys

as it loses moisture the bugs and eggs will die, they need living plant to survive.

del66666 said:

as it loses moisture the bugs and eggs will die, they need living plant to survive.

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This is what I was looking for. thanks alot Del66666. appreciate the quick reply.

no problem had it happen to me, dont like the thought of smoking bugs but hell is it worse than smoking anything else.

del66666 said:

no problem had it happen to me, dont like the thought of smoking bugs but hell is it worse than smoking anything else.

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Yeah really, I totally agree. I'm sure we've all smoked some stuff that was dank but full of chems and other crap. Not worried about torchin the little fuckers I just didnt want them to hatch and eat things.

Yep, it does make the bud look unappealing, but it is some of the cleanest smoke. I agree with del, you should ust be able to shake off the dried up eggs when the bud is dry.

What happened to me, the bug eggs hatched and went to the stem during drying as the water was concentrated at the tip of the stem,

they hatched and came out!

Not sure if it applies to other then mites.