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MediMaryUser

MediMaryUser

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prof. chaos said:
will neem oil or BT kill the good bugs ie. ladybugs, spiders and such?
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i am pretty sure neem oil will do the same thing to good bugs as it does to bad bugs, and i think that bt is specific for caterpilliars and cutworms and other bugs like that it does something to them and i dont know if it does stuff to other bugs
 
Chumlie

Chumlie

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what type of bt do you recomend, I found thuricide by bonide. Also what if your gorilla growing and you can not go out there every week and spray. Like yall know the urban grower? I know he grows on the inside, but he mixes up a preventive spray of like 4 or 5 different organic pest controls and spray it on his veging plants a couple weeks before flowering. Is there anything like this for outside?
 
naturesluxuries

naturesluxuries

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:leaf:I am wondering if it would Mayyyybe help to put vasaline or something similar around the base of the plant?? I know that tooth paste will prevent ants from passing on my fruit trees. Just a thought. Has anyone tried it?
 
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pabloesqobar

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naturesluxuries said:
:leaf:I am wondering if it would Mayyyybe help to put vasaline or something similar around the base of the plant?? I know that tooth paste will prevent ants from passing on my fruit trees. Just a thought. Has anyone tried it?
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How would vaseline at the base of the plant prevent moths from laying eggs on the top of your buds? I don't see how that would be effective.
 
naturesluxuries

naturesluxuries

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Lol thank you. I just read back through the thread and caught that. I'm a dork. I thought they crawled up, not produced on it already. I have never grown outdoors but I am planning to start tomorrow. I'm just learning here.
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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P@TFARMER$ said:
i hate those fuckers im pickin them off my girls every 2 days cause i dont want that BT shit touchin wat imma b smokin
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Bacon is more harmful than Bt.

Bt is a bacteria that attacks the digestive system of caterpillars. It kills them. It has NO effect on us.

Every bud I've grown in the last 25 years has been treated with Bt. No ill effects.

And very few bud worms.
 
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ocotillo1

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OK my first year growing a plant outdoors in Phoenix bought a feminized seed blue mystic planted March 11 in a 1 1/2 gallon pot now it is only a foot high and it has buds growing I know I should have planted in a small container and then replanted to a bigger pot but too late now ...suggestions can I re pot it now or too late why is it budding allready does that mean it is flowering ?2010stuff 096.jpg
 
Zig Zag Zane

Zig Zag Zane

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Trying to figure out this budworm catastrophe for our 2010 grow, last year we had a pretty decent grow....
We were not prepared for the budworms though...such devastation. and it seems Socal gets em baddd. Anyways we did some research and im a bit surprised I havent heard any mention of "Trichogramma Wasps" which are beneficial insects specifically for caterpillars, we're thinking about ordering some, but kinda on the fence.....we just took such a fucking loss last year ONLY because of the budworms, my son was outside everyday diggin through the buds and it was still just aweful, musta lost a whole pound because of those fuckers. this year we MUST prevent them, any of you guys think I could spray BT and use those wasps? What would yall do? google those trichogramma wasps though real quick, they look perfect for the job.
 
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pabloesqobar

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Zig Zag Zane said:
Trying to figure out this budworm catastrophe for our 2010 grow, last year we had a pretty decent grow....
We were not prepared for the budworms though...such devastation. and it seems Socal gets em baddd. Anyways we did some research and im a bit surprised I havent heard any mention of "Trichogramma Wasps" which are beneficial insects specifically for caterpillars, we're thinking about ordering some, but kinda on the fence.....we just took such a fucking loss last year ONLY because of the budworms, my son was outside everyday diggin through the buds and it was still just aweful, musta lost a whole pound because of those fuckers. this year we MUST prevent them, any of you guys think I could spray BT and use those wasps? What would yall do? google those trichogramma wasps though real quick, they look perfect for the job.
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I just googled it and came across an older link for this site where this idea was discussed:

https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/120651-ideas-controlling-bud-worms-moths.html

Seems like a viable solution.
 
Cali chronic

Cali chronic

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tristis said:
Praying Mantis solves this NP. They hatch in late July but mature and feed at the end of August when buds are blooming. We've had them established in our yard for 15 years plus. Very cool looking but also killers when it comes to plant parasites. You can buy them but it wouldn't help until next year. I have seen at least 5 sitting on my plants at any one time ready to eat anything that dares to touch my babies. You also don't have to flush after spraying lol.
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can you get a picture of that----I would love to see that
 
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