THC worms, no, REALLY!

[jamminman]

Wow!! This was a lot more painless than I expected.
Weezard -Dude, that is the exact info I was just referring to.
I hope this helps a LOT of people possibly in my same shoes of not wanting to battle the "myth busters" AND the pests. I can't tell you all how many times I have combed archives of ALL the sites finding nothing more than fairytale discussions. This is also why this is my only place to come since OG, ICG ROCKS!

 

[hamstring]

Not sure where the fairy tales came from but I'm from the Midwest and they are very common and deal with them every season. The closer you are to agriculture field i.e. corn field the worse they get. If you grow in the corn expect them double but all I have ever used is Sevin it’s listed as a organic approved insecticide and it works for me. I have heard stronger methods have to be used when growing directly in the corn.

Not completely familiar with their life cycle but they hatch after the eggs are laid by the moth (look for holes in stems)and come out to feed. Depending on the strain I find one good spray 2-3 weeks into bud formation solves the problem as long as rain doesn’t wash it off.
Personally since I have used Sevin I don’t have too much of a problem but I have heard from corn growers they can be profuse and problematic.

 

[foomar]

I have combed archives of ALL the sites finding nothing more than fairytale discussions

A vast amount of relevant current information can be found on agricultural sites in countries where hemp is legally grown , and a hundred years of fibre and seed hemp research from field and research centre is archived with a lot of it available online.

My garden backs onto heavily farmed land , whichever pest favours the monoculture planted , invades the garden with little regard for its proper diet and trashes pretty much every edible thing in the veg patch.

The farmer offered to drift his boom sprayed chems over the garden , was politely declined as the main reason for growing organic veg is to avoid that crap.

 

[NickMode]

I have that problem with them on the east coast. evertything they touch turns to mold

 

[Smokin Joe]

spinosad worked for me with moth larva

 

[supermanlives]

back east i used caterpillar killer . but only as a preventative. it is bt. once they are in there your screwed or i always was.

 

[mohan]

^^Yeah, if you start with BT before flower you should be good. Thats what I do.

 

[Hazeo]

...would be so cool if you could post a picture of them...

bless!

 

[MrSterling]

Hemp Diseases & Pests is an insanely comprehensive book. I wish I could bite the bullet on the price for a copy. Good luck with the eradication. So this is a fairly common problem for midwest growers, or is this rare?

 

[thelaughingman]

is there no natural predators for the pests?