larvae

[billgee]

Found larvae on my plants.
Did not get hip to it until the Larvae became an invasion.
Treated it one night with NEEM Oil
Thought it was enough.
Wasnt.
Found evidence under selected leaves 2 mornings later.
Killed 2 of 6 plants
Treated them again focusing on the underside of the leaf.
Seemed to be gone
Not
1 week later checking some wan looking leaves near the bottom of the plant, I found larvae.
Killed 2 more plants
Neem oil that night.
2 types of larvae
One, the white ones, were the same I had been pursuing had returned.
the black ones seemed to be new but may not be, maybe I just hadnt seen them.
2 plants left, younger- 9wks old, seemed to be healthy, dark green leaves, started numerous kolas, no signs of larvae. Nice looking plants.
The strain has been very, very good to me.
But they seem to have stopped growing.
Just sitting there.
In Coco (no soil but not hydro), Canna nutes, 2-400 watt HPS.

 

[medicalmj]

First we need to ID. Can you post pics of larvae? And/or give more details about how they look/size how they move, etc. Only plant or roots too? Do they develop into anything?

 

[ozzieAI]

yeah we need more info to help...btw did you use pure neem oil or hydrophobic oil?

neem oil isn't an instant knock down, but affected bugs stop feeding straight away...it just takes them a while to strave to death

 

[MynameStitch]

what kind of damage is it doing to your plants? look like a thin layer got chewed or did something chew holes? webbing? stuff crawling around in the soil?

Neem is not a one hit all like others have said. You want to do a one two punch. Alternate treatments after using neem a few times switch it up... these pests are getting resistant to about everything it's unreal.....

 

[soil margin]

If you really need to get rid of a serious infestation and want to use neem, I suggest feeding it to the plants as a soil drench 2-3 times a week. Much harder for bugs to hide or miss spraying when the whole plant absorbs the neem.

 

[ozzieAI]

Alternate treatments after using neem a few times switch it up... these pests are getting resistant to about everything it's unreal.....

neem oil actually amplifies the affect of other insecticides giving a double whammy...also insects can't build resistance to neem oil as affected bugs can't breed...

 

[billgee]

More and more and more

More and more and more

Neem with a foliar application killed off most of the white larvae with the second below the leaf application. Then the black ones appeared. As they seemed to be starting to die off the red-brown ones appeared. Plan to do Neem systemic with todays feeding and a good foliar hit tonite. The Neem I am using is Green Light NEEM concentrate (purchased on Amazon) I use it 2 Tbsp per gallon for my foliar mix. Cannot take pix with my camera. Too damn small but theyre killing me

 

[billgee]

what kind of damage is it doing to your plants? look like a thin layer got chewed or did something chew holes? webbing? stuff crawling around in the soil?

Neem is not a one hit all like others have said. You want to do a one two punch. Alternate treatments after using neem a few times switch it up... these pests are getting resistant to about everything it's unreal.....

Thin layer chewed. No holes. Kills leaves. Sucks out green color.
Mostly the large fan leaves at bottom.

What do you mean by webbing?
Nothing in soil. White Larvae mostly found on bottom of leaves. Black ones like the top

What 1-2 punch? NEEM and what else?

 

[billgee]

If you really need to get rid of a serious infestation and want to use neem, I suggest feeding it to the plants as a soil drench 2-3 times a week. Much harder for bugs to hide or miss spraying when the whole plant absorbs the neem.

What does soil drench 2-3 times a week? 5ml added to watering?

 

[ozzieAI]

The Neem I am using is Green Light NEEM concentrate (purchased on Amazon) I use it 2 Tbsp per gallon for my foliar mix.

just looked up that neem oil and it is hydrophobic neem oil which means most of the main active ingredients have been removed.... see my oils aint oil thread linked in my signature...source pure neem oil FTW...

 

[MynameStitch]

webbing... spider mites make webbing in big infestation and they leave white spots on the leaves like they chewed them. Thrips do the same, but the bite marks are bigger.....