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Man I seen my share of worms dropping by a thread outta plants a hanging before. I haven't seen one in the last few years and they are all over the place. I have a damn walnut tree in my neighbor's yard, that every year has a bag worn nest somewhere on it too. Man, bagworms hit a crop I was growing once on a guerilla grow back when, suckers wiped out like 25 big ass plants in afew days. Came back pulled the boat up and seen all my girls covered in web. Oh well,,, wasted that year. But Portland area has alot of what we call bud worms, I swear by that Captin Jack's shit once like 28 days before harvest. Stuff lasts like 3 weeks. Just my 2 cents my friend. I know your to far in, but if you have a problem and she ever keeps happening look into it. Work great for me,,, haven't seen a worm since, and I do have full nets hanging, still no worms. Congrats on the harvest and Keepem Green
Thanks for the commentary brother I'm pretty sure I've heard that story a few times from you in the recent years . Oh the memories those darn worms will inflict. Hard to forget what they do, I still argue that it's the #1 worst cannabis pest ever, for obvious reasons.
Anyway, yeah the Azamax (as per dear OMM's recommendation a few years ago) has solved my problem pretty much entirely, those were the first worms I had in the buds for over a year. I know why they went after it like fresh meat, I didn't give them a "final dose" during the mid-late transition, only the early-mid transition. And it's still possible to see infestations in the last ~2 weeks of flower, once one has already stopped spraying their choice product, the trick is inspecting continually so the eggs are detected, and once the eggs are detected you know you have 24-48 hours or less until they hatch. Just glad I caught them and got 'em dealt with. You know it's really bad if they're crawling out of the buds when they're drying, that's why I do a diligent inspection with the ice-pick prior to harvest, and by the time the buds have been washed, and trimmed immediately, nothing gets put in my drying rack that isn't absolutely clean/superb. Otherwise I just throw it away. But that's just me.
OK here is a pic of the final plant in flower - the Blueberry x Santa Maria (Pure sativa "Swamp Coffee" pheno), this plant wasn't cloned so the pheno is gonna be lost after harvest, because I don't like this strain as much as I do the Dawgs, but it's sure a nice looking plant, for a pure sativa pheno I'm really impressed with the density of the buds, they're rock hard. I called it the swamp coffee pheno because it has a bit of a musty/green/dominant coffee flavor, with absolutely no fruit. It does have a very minor skunk undertone. The resin is some of the stickiest too.
DJ Short's Blueberry x Santa Maria (Planck cut)
OK let's take a look at the controlled veggie mothers (these are clones), these ladies acquired a stunt early on and they've been recovering ever since. I think I finally got them in gear by applying a probiotic Dr. Earth veggie tea a few days ago, already observing very positive results. So these will stay in veg for a while longer until I can take winter clones, then I'll transplant and release. Ideally, this needs to occur in the next few weeks in order to have them produce typical fall bud formations.
This is the Underdawg
2 Sour Diesel Dawgs
a Jack Dawg who was impacted most by the stunt, but is showing signs of recovery
Swiss Cheese took the nutes and ran with it
These have been kept in veg under 18/6 lighting under dual spectrum CFLs in the propagation tent, and are brought out for good ol' Sun during the day.
OK let's take a look at the controlled veggie mothers (these are clones), these ladies acquired a stunt early on and they've been recovering ever since. I think I finally got them in gear by applying a probiotic Dr. Earth veggie tea a few days ago, already observing very positive results. So these will stay in veg for a while longer until I can take winter clones, then I'll transplant and release. Ideally, this needs to occur in the next few weeks in order to have them produce typical fall bud formations.
This is the Underdawg
2 Sour Diesel Dawgs
a Jack Dawg who was impacted most by the stunt, but is showing signs of recovery
Swiss Cheese took the nutes and ran with it
These have been kept in veg under 18/6 lighting under dual spectrum CFLs in the propagation tent, and are brought out for good ol' Sun during the day.