BBbubblegum
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Been outside for over a week, just started yesterday. My best is hardly touched, but my other 4...not looking good.
Plants Getting Eaten
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BBbubblegum
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That will keep the bugs off? Never heard that before but I'll try it.
BBbubblegum
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Heard of this, not sure where to find it though.
chrishydro
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soap, any kind of soap, is a great pest control product. If you spray soap and water on any type of plants weekly you wont have a problem.
Corso312
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BBbubblegum
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I'll give it a try...Bar of soap in a water bottle and shake it up.
BBbubblegum
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This thread is in the bug sub section
BBbubblegum
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Checking on them today, probably will water with nutes too. I'll post some pics in a few hours.
BBbubblegum
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View attachment 2198952Getting worse,will be moved indoors soon. Will the holes close?
medicalmary
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no one has even tried to figure what kind of pest it is yet. Really dropping the ball on this one. If it was deer, you would not have any plant left. The same with a rabbit or other mammal. It would just eat the plant and move on. I can see a bunch of straw or dead grass that is matted around the plants and they are outside. My first thought is slugs/ snails/ mollusks of some kind. If you live in a temperate climate, then with out knowing more that is what I would look for first. They come out at night are gone by mid morning. They hide in all the crap you got around your plant. If ya want to know if ya got them then place a wooden board down near the plants and lift it during the day. You should find a couple. Also, place a bowl buried so it is at soil level and fill with beer up to 3 inches. The mollusk will be attracted to the yeast smell and drown in the beer. If ya find that you have them then an organic solution to your problem is iron phosphate, it goes by the brand name sluggo here. Pet safe and effective, but expensive. The other mollusk remedies at hardware store also work.
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Also, could be caterpillar of some kind or some sawing insect, but since you haven't taken any picture of the insects themselves I just assume there aren't any on the plants when you go out to look at them.
BeaverHuntr
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Most likely a caterpillar or some sort of " foliage worm " if you look closely do you see any brown dots anywhere?? That would be caterpillar shit and a good sign of whats eating your leaves.
BBbubblegum
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That's most likely what it was. I haven't checked on this specific plant for 3 days. Kinda abandoned it. I got my others to worry about.
Corso312
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I had some that looked like that, caterpillers and baby grasshoppers and other bugs were tearing them up... this worked for me.... git it from dR kynes
8 cloves of garlic...peppermint extract..crushed red pepper and tablespoon of dish soap...I used 2 table spoon pepper, 2 tea spoon peppermint and 8 garlic cloves..simmer in pot for an hour rhen cooled and sprayed on plants. I strained it through my stainless steel strainers for cooking.
8 cloves of garlic...peppermint extract..crushed red pepper and tablespoon of dish soap...I used 2 table spoon pepper, 2 tea spoon peppermint and 8 garlic cloves..simmer in pot for an hour rhen cooled and sprayed on plants. I strained it through my stainless steel strainers for cooking.
BBbubblegum
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Most likely caterpillars, abandoned those plants just trying to get my girl to flower. She looks sad latley, alot of leave tips are burnt.
how much soap to water?
I cant see evidence of the usual suspects.Do flies eat weed or things that do eat weed?I have seen a fly in my gizmo.
BBbubblegum
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The flies I see are fruit flies, so they don't do anything. My main suspect is ants.
