Bud Worms

[Jon 54]

As I started to trim my plants I have found green catapillars in the buds!!! Can I still smoke the buds after they are worm free and dried and cured.?? Will the worms give the final cured bud a bad taste or screw it up ??? Jon 54

 

[greenluv707]

man if you find some i bet theres a shit load then........

thats gonna be up to you if the herb is totaly fucked or if some can be salvaged....
dig very deep for thoes things they like to hide and they eat there way through everything......if you dont find them all they will die in the buds..........

had a buddie do an od plant on my deck this one year and thoes things were all over it he sat there for houres pickin thoes thing off befor giving up and throwing it away........

 

[Granger2]

Spray with [fresh] BT. Non toxic to mammals. The caterpillars won't hurt the smokability of the buds, except for their shit. I have cut buds to harvest them, and dipped them and sloshed in water, then hung to dry. No problem with mold etc., but that's with controlled humidity. Good luck. -granger

 

[Sat X RB]

My experience is different to Granger2's. the problem is not the worms ... altho you must get rid of them immediately ...it's with the dead bits of plant they cause.

outdoors these dead bits soak up water (dew even) and make for a very mouldy situation indeed.

cheers.

 

[Neo 420]

Caterpillars like to shit in your buds.. Budworms will burrow in the worms and hang out...