See! You legalize it and THIS!!!
@Willd Looks like cumulative damage. They get inside the bud on the stem and start munching away at the flower base, then after some time the bud starts dying/rotting from the inside-out. Until the bud is actually opened up by hand it all looks fine.
Now, I DID notice some leaf damage a day or 2 before I found the worms. Canāt say it was the caterpillars for sure. Could be crickets or any number of garden pests.
I had issues with the WWA I harvested the other week. I did pull off a few inch worm looking things. I think my main problem was the 90Ā° days and 50 Ā° nights. The morning dew was awful. Started putting them under a roof at night with a ceiling fan on. No dew and air circulation
@Whodat66 Who knew it would be so tricky. Sheet, I figured with frosty buds on at least 1 healthy plant I was on the home stretch to victory! I am terribly naive.
Whodat you must be from NOLA?
This morningās haul. Picked through in a hurry before work. Iād say for every one worm I find, there are 4 more that I didnāt see. Snipped one cored out mushy brown bud.
66 degrees this morning, and the worms are not acting very spry, which is either because the treatment is working, or itās just cool outside.
Good luck!
What parts of Southern California are those abominable worms ravaging these poor growers?
We have so many climates in So Cal: Coast, valley, low desert, high desert, mountains.
@KingShark My buddy is in Huntington Beach, I am in south Orange county, near Irvine. @DaGoose is in north San Diego county somewhere semi-rural, @Manny_FTGUTube and @Rugar89 both have infestations; not sure where they are located specifically.
Right now it seems like cabbage looper moth worms, but maybe others as well since I spotted a moth that looked like a pantry moth trying to hide in the buds.
Really dismal news. It is heartbreaking to hear what happened.
I Will have to look up what those moths look like. I am in the hot San Franando Valley in Los Angeles County. Wonder if these pest are hurting other crops in So Cal too? What a Bummer!
Thank you for the location sightings. Keep everyone in the loop and on the look out.
I am in the Antelope valley just about an hour north of Los Angeles the high desert I guess still la county
Oh man! My heart is breaking for all of you @Manny_FTGUTube @Rugar89 @Trav @arpeggio @DaGoose I am so sorry you are all dealing with these.
Thanks @AnneBonny
@KingShark @Trav @Manny_FTGUTube
Iām in San Bernardino.
I did a real quick look this morning and only found two, but was running late and didnāt have much time.
Just got home and now its almost dark. Just not enough time for me to go over them real good now thatās its getting dark early. The two that I did find were pretty lifeless though. That BT must be doing something.
Good to hear brother, just went over my plants and didnāt find many. But still found about 5 or 6 still getting better. Still havenāt used anything really but bud rot hasnāt really spread
Outta love but YAY!!!
Do you guys really think this is bud rot? Im not so sure now. I mean its some sort of rot, but it doesnāt seem to be spreading like I have read that bud rot does. I have a few buds that were not affected, and they are still green. A few buds I scraped some of the black off of, and appears to be new green growth coming back in. I basically had written them off, but now Iām not so sure.
@Rugar89 I guess not bud rot per se, more of rotten vegetation created by the munching of worms.
Found maybe 5 dead ones today across the 3 plants, so thereās progress on my end. Also, I see some fresh green growth on the buds that werenāt damaged too bad on the flower stems. On some flowers the worms ate holes in the stems and pretty much killed the buds, so I snipped those off, washed, and quick dried a few for testing. Smells like lawn clippings but man did it get me stoned. Iād say it was 3x as potent than what I expected.
BTK Treatment #2 coming up late afternoon Sunday. Got a mosquito net screen thing coming from Amazon one of these days too. Not sure how practical itāll be- we shall see I guess. Need to keep those moths, grasshoppers, slugs, etc. out.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E6583Q2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Itās not just California. It must be happening to the southern regions. I have 1 Crystal that is being devastated! All my other plants are fine, so Iāve ādonatedā that one to the worms. They can have that one since theyāre leaving the others alone.
Great to hear you have the buggers under control Trav! Did another heavy spray on my girls last night. Iām fully saturating each bud using a 2 gallon pump sprayer. Takes a full tank. No new victims noticed this morning which is a great sign. Probably have taken 25 worms to date.
Now I need to get a carbon filter setup installed in the spare bathroom for the drying process. Going to remove the heater/exhaust fan in the ceiling and connect the exhaust there since itās already plummed to a roof vent. Thinking I need a 6 inch model since the room is 5 x 8 x 8. Any suggestions are welcomed.
Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone to bring the crop home without more problems!!