Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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Seamaiden
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707DankSmoker
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Fuck these little bastards!!! They are everywhere!!! Luckily I havent found any in my crop yet but they are eating everyones elses. Im thinking about getting some BT just to be safe.
Seamaiden
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I'd say that might be recommended. I'm finding HELL of praying mantises all over the place still, too. I think they have tiny little personalities, some let me hold them and others are totally skittish. They all trip me out when they turn their tiny heads to look at me, they're PEERING at me.
put 2 in a cage together and they will fight to the death. the loser gets eaten.
deesbarrett
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I went and Checked on my plants today and harvested one of them and the other 2 had little Catepillar eggs all over them...So I took some tweezers and picked every single one off...Took like 2 hours....And I went and Bought some BT Caterpillar killer today...Will be spraying it on them in the morning.Oh.. like cricket fights!Dave would probably scalp me if I did that, though (and I'd deserve it).
Seamaiden
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Holy crap, I hope it does the job for you.
(You must have good eyes, too.)
deesbarrett
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LOL not really...Blind as a bat without my glasses...But I just took my time and checked every bud twice to make sure I got all those tiny little yellow eggs...wish i had my camera so i could of taken pictures of them..And they popped when you squeeze them...its so cool...lol...And for the stuff I harvested...I took a little bud and put it in a paper bag and stuck it on top of the fridge all night...And I just rolled it up and it smoked ok and tasted ok but it got me nice and toasty...got a little Permagrin going right now.
Seamaiden
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Permagrin, I like that. Shit-eatin' permagrin.LOL not really...Blind as a bat without my glasses...But I just took my time and checked every bud twice to make sure I got all those tiny little yellow eggs...wish i had my camera so i could of taken pictures of them..And they popped when you squeeze them...its so cool...lol...And for the stuff I harvested...I took a little bud and put it in a paper bag and stuck it on top of the fridge all night...And I just rolled it up and it smoked ok and tasted ok but it got me nice and toasty...got a little Permagrin going right now.
deesbarrett
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You got it...Cant wait for the Sour D to be dried a cured...My friend told me a way to do it in 2 weeks...So im gonna try that way...Time for a couple more tokes on the Joint...Stomach is acting up.
catstallker
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Thanks to everyone and there info. I have learned a lot . Thankls again!!!!
CrazyChester
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My plant is now cut, dried and in jars. I'm exceedingly happy with the yeald. I ended up with 14.5ozs of good smoke and 4 ozs of buggy stuff that I had to trash.Its too bad I had to cut it about two weeks early but at least I beat the bugs to it. Next year I'll start the BT as soon as I see the first flowers.
Its a great tasting smoke with an indica high. I'm dry mouthed with two good hits from the ol' bongo.
Here's a few pics of the plant from April 22 to September 18. Four days shy of 5 months. My other plant won't be finished for at least 2 more weeks. I hope the bugs don't get it.
Its a great tasting smoke with an indica high. I'm dry mouthed with two good hits from the ol' bongo.
Here's a few pics of the plant from April 22 to September 18. Four days shy of 5 months. My other plant won't be finished for at least 2 more weeks. I hope the bugs don't get it.
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FastImpala
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I have a 2x2 redwood framed structure around mine thats about 4 or 5 feet tall and has screen door screen on it along with a heavy duty chicken type wire. Kinda double layer. Heavy duty chicken wire to keep out the animals and screen door screen to keep out the insects. View attachment 207737Tonight I added clear plastic visquine to the top to protect from the rain we are supposed to get tommorow. Easy to add a roof when you already have the walls. Sure makes it easy to tie to and the animals havent got to it yet. My theory is the worms are from moths and even though I have the top open 3 months out of 4, I still think it cuts down on the moths cause the moths have to fly upward and in to land on the buds and lay their eggs. I could be and probably am wrong. I was gonna put it on top too but thought it would cut down on the sunlight. Have had one worm so far and I elimintated him. No bud rot so far. Knock on wood.
deesbarrett
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I am thinking about building something simular to yours but a little smaller for next years crop.How much did it cost for your materials?
deesbarrett
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Not sure how small the moths are but the eggs are very tiny...took me hours to pick ever single one off.
FastImpala
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Most of my materials were from recycled past projects except the screen door screen, door hinges, hasp and a padlock i got at home depot .That stuff was about 75-100 bucks. The most important tool was the air powered stapler to make it somewhat easy to attach the wire and screen. Its all screwed together with galvanized deck screws done with my 7.2 volt cordless makita.
deesbarrett
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Sounds very doable...I have alot of scrap wood sitting around too...May do some measurement tomorrow and see what I will need.Thanks.