Question about Catepillars?

dante76

dante76

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first of all, i hate these fuckers...every morning i keep finding catepillars. The overall health of my plant is great but i can't seem to rid my plant of these leaf eaters. The only way i can keep them off is by hand picking and that is getting very old...tired of inspecting my plant for this shit but will do what i have to till its time to harvest.

In need of some education about how catepillars get on plants. Do moths/butterflies lay the larvae on the plant?

Does anyone think a mosquito net would help? Where in the hell do catepillars come from?

thanks.
 
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broadleaf

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Around here, the caterpillers are the babies of the white moths you see flying around your garden.

Whenever you see a white moth in your garden .... kill it
 
dante76

dante76

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hmmm..i noticed a white one before and killed it...i even kill the brown ones too...i don't like any of them..
 
dante76

dante76

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this safer catepillar killer contains BT and the instructions say it should be applied late afternoon or on a cloud day (BT breaksdown in sunlight). How would you recommend to apply this if i'm in my 5th/6th week of flowering. i don't want mold or other additives on the flowers. know what i mean or should i not worry about that?

thanks
 
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fdd2blk

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dante76 said:
are these pellets? poweder?
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it's a liquid. you mix a small amount with as gallon of water and spray as a fine mist over your plants. it only kills caterpillars. light coats over several days is much better then a heavy drenching with it. i have damaged my plants using it to heavily on a sunny day. sparay in the early am or late evening.

the moths land on the top colas and lay a tiny egg. the egg hatches and the caterpillar immediately burrows into the bud. you have to get them right away or they get hidden beyond reach.

i am using these this year as well, ... http://www.planetnatural.com/site/trichogramma-wasps.html
i just ordered my third order of them.
 
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fdd2blk

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dante76 said:
this safer catepillar killer contains BT and the instructions say it should be applied late afternoon or on a cloud day (BT breaksdown in sunlight). How would you recommend to apply this if i'm in my 5th/6th week of flowering. i don't want mold or other additives on the flowers. know what i mean or should i not worry about that?

thanks
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i mist mine with it in the morning when there's still dew outside, then they have all day to dry out.
 
CR500ROOST

CR500ROOST

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fdd2blk said:
it's a liquid. you mix a small amount with as gallon of water and spray as a fine mist over your plants. it only kills caterpillars. light coats over several days is much better then a heavy drenching with it. i have damaged my plants using it to heavily on a sunny day. sparay in the early am or late evening.

the moths land on the top colas and lay a tiny egg. the egg hatches and the caterpillar immediately burrows into the bud. you have to get them right away or they get hidden beyond reach.

i am using these this year as well, ... http://www.planetnatural.com/site/trichogramma-wasps.html
i just ordered my third order of them.
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dude those wasp are cool.What do you do just release them around your plants?
 
cranker

cranker

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You can also use a mixture of hot pepper and garlic powder mixed with water if you wanna go organic. I wouldn't do it too close to harvest though.
 
dante76

dante76

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just orders some of these for overnight delivery ($23). The eggs come on a 1 sq in paper and hatch in 3 - 5 days. 1 square should be good enough but i might do 2 over the next two weeks. I'm going to also get a mosquito net to keep the moths from coming back.

the lady i ordered them through said that the moths lay larvae and catepillars lay larvae too. i hope these wasp eat all these fuckers. They can't eat the catepillars but they eat the eggs/larvae. The wasps are really small about 1/50 inch!!
 
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