Krspies
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thats what I was looking for. where did you buy it? the only stuff I could find in town was super expensive.
Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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OUTDOOR FARMER
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a local retailer santa ana. I've seen it online, I just haven't found larger than 48" wide
FresnoFarmer
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Krspies
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that's how wide a bolt of fabric is so my tulle is 48" wide. What i am going to do next year is sew my panels together and make them 4 yards in length instead of 3 yards to give myself more height and I am going to build a pvc frame around my garden for the tulle to drape over instead of bamboo stakes this way it is reuseable, washable and easy to disassemble.
OUTDOOR FARMER
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Here's another thought, REI a sports place. they carry double wide covers ( mosquito netting ) for cots ( camping ) $ 14.95 I believe it was.. or single wides ( not sure of price for single ) , fits over a pvc frame nice. I tried it but my garden got to large, also a place called ART SUPPLY WAREHOUSE THEY HAVE SILK SCREEN MATERIAL THAT'S WIDER ( FORGET i THINK 5-6' WIDE ) and what ever length you want, I think both can be purchased online.
CORRECTION mosquito netting was >99cents per square foot
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Organicpoop
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hi just found this thread and just found Caterpillars.
I got safer caterpillar killer. Its what 1 tsp a gallon? (says 1 to 2 tsp gallon)
Im in week 5.,
can any cool experienced guru help me?
Just go spray right now on buds? Its near dark/getting dark. Outside.
thank you!
The store lady said its safe, not oil wont turn buds brown.
help? Thanks!
I got safer caterpillar killer. Its what 1 tsp a gallon? (says 1 to 2 tsp gallon)
Im in week 5.,
can any cool experienced guru help me?
Just go spray right now on buds? Its near dark/getting dark. Outside.
thank you!
The store lady said its safe, not oil wont turn buds brown.
help? Thanks!
BuzzD2Kill
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Ive been soaking plants with bt 1-2 per week, we have found 1 dead pillar and two noticable spots were they have been. Very little damage as if they died after eating some of the leaf, no poop in the nuggs which is awesome so far. GL a solid rotation of bt and azamax has done me well, think they sprayed avid once. Stay on top of the sprays, its a bitch sometimes but the end is always better. And yes spray the bt directly on the nuggs, soakem good get it in there, other bugs usually are located on the underside of leaves.
BuzzD2Kill
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If you use netting, still use BT. Only takes one strong healthy worm to shit throughout a good 5 footer. Better to be safe then sorry. remember those videos hahahaha
Krspies
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Nice! I searched all winter and spring locally to find something like that because I read on another thread mosquito netting at camping stores were cheap and easy. Well, we have a big 5 and they don't carry squat and what they do carry is unreasonably priced. I also read that if you can find the kind of mosquito netting that's made for traveling to far away places it drapes over a frame and is supposedly fairly cheap. i couldn't find those anywhere nearby. We don't have an REI but I may be able to order from them online. Thanks for the heads up. So far I haven't seen any signs of caterpillars yet so I think my tulle is working but the season ain't over yet lol
HippieYippie
Member
I heard these come from overwintering in the ground... I have them, and just about heartbroken... attacked the tops... I am a real newbie and do not know all the terms... cutting off the infected just recently, 3-4 weeks grown flower buds. Buying some BT, maybe save some of the garden....
veggiegardener
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Not so. The worms come from eggs deposited on the bud leaves(usually). Some are laid in groups, but in my area most a laid one to a bud. Watch for small butterflies and moths around your plants. If you see them, they are laying eggs. Spray regularly and thoroughly.
Organicpoop
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so whats the verdict? I'm 3+ weeks before harvest.
The store lady says Safer BT is fine to use on buds and the rain will wash out any residue and no flavor at all.
The store lady is usually 100% correct on everything every time on everything.
Spray half dose?
will it effect flavor at all?
The store lady says Safer BT is fine to use on buds and the rain will wash out any residue and no flavor at all.
The store lady is usually 100% correct on everything every time on everything.
Spray half dose?
will it effect flavor at all?
FresnoFarmer
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I used spinosad full strength 2 weeks before harvest with no flavor effects. Smooth burning buds too with no cure.
veggiegardener
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The store lady was completely right.
Thanks brotha, it's much appreciated!
mamie
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I am about 2 weeks from harvesting my 1st lady!...this morning I found the bottom fan leaves were discolored and had holes in them. I also noticed that the stem of the leaves had some white fuzzy mold-looking stuff?? There was a very small green worm on the bottom of the fan leaf I removed and I smashed it. I pulled the affected leaves off and thoroughly inspected my colas and can't seen anything wrong with the rest of the plant. My husband is growing a container garden of peppers, we caught a bird trashing his prize specimen and witnessed the bird pulling big green worms off. We harvested all of the peppers and found 2 more worms...big fat ones. Could this lonely worm have found his way to my plant? I don't do anything to this plant...I allow nature to do it's thing. So far so good...how concerned should I be?
oregonboy
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outdoor grower here, very very close to harvest.....biggest cola turning brown....had to cut it.......loaded with "corn burrower" in the stem....DAMN!!!!......about 4 days from harvest and there is nothing I can do at this point........probably have more somewhere,....if anything else starts browning, it is Chop Chop time for everybody....I realized that if shit goes downhill late into flowering,...the 99% answer is to harvest....the plants are late into flowering , most leaves have fallen off,the cold has turned them purple,....always amazes me how when I have the biggest most beautiful buds, the plant itself is looking its worst.My Big , bushy vibrant vegie phase plants are long gone, now they are wilty , scraggly,sticks down below, with massive, leaning flowers all over the tops. I love this time of year when harvest time could be any minute......