Begginer almost at the end.

[caldarii]

hello. this is my first time growing and first time posting on site. i have a small outdoor garden of autoflowering mazars. we r in 10th week from seed now and all grown ups. about 2 days ago ive seen caterpillar in the buds. since im from EU we dont have here "safer caterpillar killer" so i have to use some diff hoping will be ok. excuse my engl but not my first language. other problem that i have is i might have hermies amongst our little babies

this is my first time growing and not that expirienced on it :D
i will post pictures bit later so u guys can help me. might have fungus and some calcium pb. but after ill bring pictures im sure will get more help from u

[Shovelhandle]

welcome. we're interested in seeing your plants.

[caldarii]

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this r the pb i have ftm. on last picture, on top of the bud ull see with zoom a small caterpillar. i have some more pictures but need to see if they will post so this is probing post :D

[caldarii]

ok i see attaching picture is working , now plss if anyone can help me with my problems.
first picture - im not sure if that is a hermie or not ( im having auto mazar and they are on 10th week from seed) need some opinion about this one pls.
second picture - i had problems with powdery mildew and after some research i found that salt with water will help get rid of pm so i sprayed it on my girls.but the next day i saw some purple and yellow spots and im not sure what is that?
last picture - there is on top of the bud (if u zoom ) a small caterpillar that is eating the bud.what can i do? how can i get rid of those?

if anyone can help me pls i will apreciate!!
i can attach more picture if necessary.294082294083
thank you!

[Shovelhandle]

lots of solutions for PM but salt and water is damaging to the leafs, as is cinnamon water and baking soda water. Try neem oil and a little dish detergent or even just the detergent and vegetable oil in water.
I see poorly but I can't find any male stamen on your plants.
Caterpillars you just pick off and destroy. You wouldn't want to spray anything on the buds now. insect killing soap works well but you don't want that on the flowers. Put a barrier (tin, cardstock) around the bottom of the stem to keep caterpillars from climbing onto the plants

[Esteban1]

Hand pick the critters off. Neem oil will work the best & as Shovel sez anything else will funkify the flowers! Peace



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[caldarii]

tnx for quick answer. is i read neem not ok for buds. pb is caterpillars r in the buds mostly... so this is the dilema. will search more and still wait feedbacks from u guys. pictures were made with a phone,not a pro camera :cool: tnx again for quick help. peace

[caldarii]

BIIIIG PROBLEM !!!!

as u can see i posted first time yestarday. i went to the girls today and got this:294123 ,some type of brown stuff on all of them, on leaves and some buds to. From last monday i gave them Big Bud and Canna Flores,like this: monday-tuesday-wensday, bud and canna , thursday water ,friday-saturday ,bud and canna, sunday nothing and monday again bud and canna. today i gave nothing. today pb... i made dosage like this: From Big Bud i put 2ml/1L and Canna Flores 5ml/1L just as they say u should. i think might be overdose couse in 7 days i used them 6 times !!! i wait ur replys and wth to do.....ill link more pictures made today regards
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[caldarii]

wanted to remind u guys that i didsnt get rid of the damn caterpillars. today i wait for anti caterpillar spray from OR BRUN. ohh sunday evening i spray them with salt disolved in water like this: 5 liters of water and 2 table spons of salt. then monday morning about 20 min of rain then sun all day .

[caldarii]

looked into pb a bit and found out i overdosed my babys :( retard. i would like to ask if i should do a water flush tomorow. rain will come but i usualy move em to cover when rains.

[caldarii]

some peps say i should get the crop... by the calendar they should stay 2 3 more weeks. were the girls were, there were sun at least 8 h a day. should i take em off? like for good?

[caldarii]

guys still wait ur opinions on what to do...

[Shovelhandle]

Worth every penny.

But since you're waiting on replies and you do have a couple of issues I'm going to ass-sume a lot of things that I can't see from the photos.

I wouldn't add any kind of nutrients or pest control outside of hydrogen peroxide. I'd trim any of the damaged leaves. Then I would hose down all the buds, either outdoors or sink with a sprayer to remove the worms. Use as much force not to harm the buds. Any place I was still concerned I'd spray with 25% diluted 3% hydrogen peroxide. Remember, when you spray or apply the foliage you can usually choose to either let the run off into the vessel (pot, bag) or prevent the foliar application to enter the root area/grow medium. I would not apply a bug killer to the buds on your plants.

Best of luck, I think you can start with this and then think about harvesting a clean product. It won't take long to get the worms out.

[caldarii]

thx alot people. u really helped me. i did harvest and will come out with pictures of buds soon.
best of luck to u all.

[nugssgalore]

Instead of any kind of bug killer on your bud, dust around the bottom and leaves with diatomaceous earth... that will kill the caterpillars and any other kind of insects and it is non toxic. Just don't inhale it, maybe rinse whatever little is left at harvest before you dry it. I use it to keep my dogs free of fleas and it works on all bugs on my rose bushes.
It's cheap also. You can find food grade.