Is Neem Oil The Best Solution for this Problem?

Yesterday I found this bug on my plant. I have never seen a bug like this. It was a catapiller style bug. Extreamly small I've seen 2 now and the biggest was at most 1/2cm. I killed them both times I saw them. I have looked on the leaves and I dont really see any more nor do I find them on any other plants. I do however find what I think are eggs or dust I gently rubbed those off with my fingers. I believe this bug eats the tops of the leafs cuz I have only seen them on the top of the leaf. As well I see some spots or what appears to be eating of the tops of the leafs. Here are some pictures.

I sprayed the soil and plants with neem oil yesterday, Is it ok to spray neem oil again in say 4 or 5 days? Or should I spray them again, Is morrning(when the light comes on) the best time to spray plants

And is it the solution to this unknown bug problem? Or is there somthing better

Any help is greatly appreciated,

kd_special

Hello Mr. Special


If they are catipillars/larva of some sort.. you probably dont have much t worry about..

Your plants are looking nice (very healthy)... Do you have a good w3atering regiment.. the leaves look a tad droopy.. either over or under watered..

You should ALSO consider flowering (12/12) NOW... Maybe a transplant first to 3 gallon pots and then 1-2 days later.. FLOWER...

CFLs do not have GOOD penetration and you will want to FLOWER SOON..

iloveyou

Neem oil, yes! Effective against spider mits, fungus gnats and aphids. It is very effective against spider mites!!! I think it is good to spray them two times a week, just not 2 last weeks of flowering, u can´t go wrong with neem oil. By the way plants looks very nice. Have u consider to top them or do some traning, it will give u more tops.
peace

Cool,,, thanks guys...

Yeah I still have lots of room to Go, this part of the cabinet is for vegging And I still have about 8 more inches. I need to use smaller pots due to my size restraints. I was thinking of using bags for this cuz I can kinda cram them in the space. Think I can only use 7 Inch pots at the top. Cuz cab is 16 inch deep. About 3 feet wide and I wanna Fit them all for this grow but realize this is not and ideal pot size for just under 2 foot plants. but will try then the next grow use clones and do 2 plants.

And yes I am going to top one plant to learn about how it works. Are they at a height I can top one of em now? I was gonna wait a little longer. Just to be safe.

I will just keep spraying with the oil. Last night I did a more in depth look at the plants and have noticed they are on some other plants. Hopfully they will be dead soon.

thanks for the Inputs Guys.

U can top them if u want. use sharp and clean cuting tools. But try trening, U simply Hook a plant on to spots close to the top and U bendt it dow. On that way u Wil get a bush...

Smoke weed evry day:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Padde

Neem oil, yes! Effective against spider mits, fungus gnats and aphids. It is very effective against spider mites!!! I think it is good to spray them two times a week, just not 2 last weeks of flowering, u can´t go wrong with neem oil. By the way plants looks very nice. Have u consider to top them or do some traning, it will give u more tops.
peace

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yes, you CAN go wrong with neem oil, IF you overdo it, and spray it too often, ... don't meant to scare anyone away from using it, but it can clog the plant's 'pores' and kill it IF over-used ... it isn't a poison, it's an oil that suffocates the bugs ... good stuff, for it's intended use ... :smokin:

after Waching pictures clously, I think they are owerwatered. Maybe U need to take it easy with water.

smoke weed every day

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Originally Posted by the image reaper

yes, you CAN go wrong with neem oil, IF you overdo it, and spray it too often, ... don't meant to scare anyone away from using it, but it can clog the plant's 'pores' and kill it IF over-used ... it isn't a poison, it's an oil that suffocates the bugs ... good stuff, for it's intended use ... :smokin:

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I said 2 times on week. Tryed that and never had a bug. But U need to mix a bit of green soap to.

Yeah I do over water a little bit But I have two diffrent strains. and The one seed that is Boggle gum it seems to always stand right up. And the rest called blueJay have always kinda dropped over.

I will be using neem oil in a few days. When do you think the best time to spray plants are? whenn light turns off or when it is about to turn on?

Thanks a bunch guys

kd_special

I usualy spray them beafore lights turn off.

Yeah that when I sprayed them aswell. Then they get a rest it seems right. My one plant has gotten worse I see a mini catapiller style bug on it everyday. Its my plant with huge leaves aswell. I am gonna spray with neem oil again tommrow.

some of my plants show signs of eating on the tops of leaves other plants haven't been eaten as much and 2 not at all. I am keeping those two as far away as I can from the others.

Can anyone think of what this bug might be.

Its very small Larva style bug or worm style and the biggest one I have seen is half cm at max length. they ahve all been an Orangy yellow colour.

They are my enemy

kd_special

Sprayed with neem oil this morrning.. hopefully it will kill the Bugs or at least some of them and I will continue to do so 2wice a week

Thanks guys

Anyone know what Bug it might be? ill try and get a pic of one next time

kd_sepcial

Check your stem for holes right above the branches.

I dont know what kind of bug it is but you can use liquid soap.Delude it in water.About one cap full to one gal of ph distilled water.Check the PH before and after adding the soap.I spray it on in the morrning cause I spray carbonated water on the leaves 3 times aday for the co2.Later I will get the co2 tank.But I uas the soap and it does find for me.

The liquid soap is the cheepo soap like lilac from winn-dixie or save alot.One of the cheepo soaps.

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Originally Posted by hienuff

Check your stem for holes right above the branches.

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What type of holes should I be looking for? Like holes where the bugs may live. eeeekkkkkkk I dont like the sounds of that!!!!

I mixed my neem oil with a bit of dish soap, Like the Dyno-gro Bottle said. The soap is non Phospate so I believe it ios ok to use. It Ivory Dish Soap.

Im pretty sure No phospate soaps are safe.

kd_special