What do I do about caterpillars š in my #weedstr #asknostr
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Yeah, I just pluck them off whenever I see them. I don't like the spray, my weed with anything, So I'm kind of forced to stay vigilant.
So Iāve been doing that for a few days now checking every couple of hoursā¦
Iād have to say Iāve gotten at least 50 so far?
How fucked is this one plant?
They are literally targeting my smaller denser nugged plantā¦
Damn, that seems like a lot......As long as they're not digging into the plant, you're generally fine.
Do you mean the nugs or the stem?
In bad cases, I'll see them buried in the nugs themselves. It starts to look like bud rot from the outside, but then when you go to clean it up, it's just some shithead caterpillar buried in your nug and munching away.
Damn they are definitely in the nugsā¦ I did a deep search digging deep and found a few really small ones buried inā¦ what should I do?
I mean if it's really bad and you're at a reasonable time to harvest, harvesting And getting it hanging helps At least get it away from the outside so more stops showing up. Beyond that, I'm not really sure what to do. I face the caterpillar problem every year and I haven't really found a great solution to it.
Yeah I figure I was going to have to harvest this week cuz the weather is getting cold and first frost is coming soon I thinkā¦
I appreciate your help and insight!
Thank you very much!
Can you just pull them out one at a time? I have no clue Fren š
Iāve been doing that for a few days nowā¦
You can make an ipmo from rice and frass left outside to capture this microbe that will turn them all into fertiliser for your plants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauveria_bassiana
Or if you don't have time for that orange/lemon oil (you might want to choose depending on the terp profile) with some natural soap turned into a spray will melt them.
Iāll keep this in mind for future reference but I donāt think Iāll have the time for either at this pointā¦
Thank you!
pests are attracted to weakened plants. a little of the right fertilizer will change the brix (sugars) levels and will be less appetizing to the munching mf's.
any sprays or dusting will fuck up the tricomes.