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RE: "This old house" race update
OMG! Hahaha! ok maybe I don't need to take the lord's name in vain considering the way your post started out...
But HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW if these little worms are in the middle of my outdoor buds?
Will I know, or will it just be too late?
My indoor plants got hit with thrips this season. I hit them with a cinnamon solution and used diatomaceous earth, layered on my soil, just before flower.
It SUCKS! However...I have learned.
Pic1 notice the lump in the stem close to top node.
Tear it open look inside.
Another one!
Exit hole. One took a wrong turn. Lol
It damages xylem and phloem as the grub eats it's way through the centre of the stem. Reducing water nutrient and sugar uptake.
Cutting it off effectively removing from the plant is the best remedy if noticed late. You can pinch the lump and squish the grub also but at this stage of flower. The plant has less thime to heal...
Also the node below will continue to grow just fine.
Or leave it and the grub will continue to hinder development. Working its way through and coming out a bud!☹ killing part of the bud in the process.
You can see where it was layed. Close to my middle finger. See it left its refuse "tiny brown grainy substance". then worked its way the xylem. Living in the next node when found.
Thank you so much... I am going to be checking my plants as soon as I can open my eyes properly, beyond the 2 sativa slits that they currently are...
Now, Mr. @billmega... I kindly request that you take this wonderful teaching tool that you made to answer my desperate cry for help and turn it into a post of its own...
I appreciate your knowledge and I am grateful. ;)
I will! Thanks. I just edited the comment a little. But I will make its own post maybe even new section. @plantpests
This is an excellent idea!
Checked my plants today and no sign of enlarged nodes or exit holes...for now.
Sent you some Jamaican photos in Discord. ;)
Im away from home until monday. But I will check em out and message back asap. Exciting🤗.