[MountainBudz]

Also I don't get why every one says Flint is systemic. Its not, barely any at all makes inside the plants vascular system...

Compass (trifloxystrobin) was originally developed and marketed by Novartis Crop Protection. With the merger of Novartis and Zeneca last year, Compass was sold (factory and all) to Bayer. Olympic Horticultural Products now markets Compass to our industry. Movement of trifloxystrobin is described as mesostemic to indicate both protectant and curative capacity. In this case, the active ingredient “penetrates the plant tissue, has laminar activity, but there is little or no transport within the vascular system of the plant.”

You can read further if you wanna click this link. It works on the tissue, not the vascular system.

https://gpnmag.com/article/strobilur...icides-update/

[MountainBudz]

Originally Posted by TychoMonolyth

No he's not.

Here's the corporate contaminates.
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Do what you want, but be aware that if you do use it, you're in the same league as them. Like it or not.

I get around imperfections by doubling my planned crop and doing my homework.

If you are talking microscopic trace amounts/residues, literally, then you better be worried about driving behind a vehicle and inhaling the microscopic carbon monoxide fumes even more than fearing this Flint.

[TychoMonolyth]

Originally Posted by MountainBudz

If you are talking microscopic trace amounts/residues, literally, then you better be worried about driving behind a vehicle and inhaling the microscopic carbon monoxide fumes even more than fearing this Flint.

Lol. You have a point.

BTW, concentrates have the most contaminates. Up to 75% of them failed.

I know it's not a vascular thing, but the residue just doesn't work for me. Last year there were crippling recalls for every large producer in Canada, for what seemed like trivial contaminates. None means none to me.

I travel a lot and can, and do, eat on the street. I know that I've probably eaten some delicious crap on the beach in Ecuador that might dwarf a bit of spray on a bud. But there's something about inhaling shit that just doesn't seem right. I think it's asking for trouble.

I'm in Honduras at the moment and am smoking what the locals call "Trash". They think I'm nuts to smoke that over the Jam import. But let me tell you, the trash is the closest I've had to a mystical smoke I've ever had. Not stoney but super high and clear as fuck. They don't spend a penny on Trash grows. Drop seeds, step on them, then harvest. And ya.. I've a ton of seeds for home. (yup. Jam seeds too)

My weed clients are more mature people closer to my age. Some are life long friends. So I feel I have a responsibility there.

[Easy7]

The harmony of herb can be dull to people that only enjoy the excitment of disharmony. Some is genetics, honestly how nature grows strives for equilibrium. Too much focus on effort for more of this or less of that, the big picture gets distorted.

[TychoMonolyth]

Originally Posted by Easy7

The harmony of herb can be dull to people that only enjoy the excitment of disharmony. Some is genetics, honestly how nature grows strives for equilibrium. Too much focus on effort for more of this or less of that, the big picture gets distorted.

Dude... That's beautiful. Well said.

[Bud Green Sr.]

Originally Posted by TychoMonolyth

I'm in Honduras at the moment and am smoking what the locals call "Trash". They think I'm nuts to smoke that over the Jam import. But let me tell you, the trash is the closest I've had to a mystical smoke I've ever had. Not stoney but super high and clear as fuck. They don't spend a penny on Trash grows. Drop seeds, step on them, then harvest. And ya.. I've a ton of seeds for home. (yup. Jam seeds too)
.

It sounds like the "trash" smoke you are describing is some excellent landrace sativa from Central America...
I wish I had seeds from my visits to Jamaica in '72 and '73...
glad you're bringing good seeds home with you!

What do you mean by "Jam"?

[TychoMonolyth]

Originally Posted by Bud Green Sr.

What do you mean by "Jam"?

Jamaican. There are two phenos. One smells like someone was picking their ass when they bagged it, the other like the hash I used to smoke when I was a kid. Both have the same great fucked up stone, but you come down in 90 minutes to about half way and coast a little while. I'm a lightweight so I like it too.

[Tp01]

Originally Posted by MountainBudz

Hey buddy, usually yes, the caterpillars and worms are the problem. But this year I have not had to deal with them that much using bt as a guard.

I am having a new problem this year, very similar to the cats. I am getting these tiny little jumping spiders build these little web nests inside the buds. They are super fast and you can barely catch them. I have caught and squished a few so far. For one the little cotton ball type nests they build are inside the bud which disturbs it obviously and retains moisture in the flower. Then you have the spiders victim carcass that rots and likely gives birth to fungus. I know its weirs and it is a new game changer for me, I don't usually have problems with these spiders, its always the caterpillars and borers causing the outbreaks like you said.

I have always welcomed the jumping spiders and the crab spiders. The first year I had a plant without a crab or jumping spider living in it was the first year I had caterpillars. The caterpillars do much more damage to my plants then the spider webs do. Plus the crab spiders always greet me with there hands up like "what r u doin by my plant?
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[DuskrayTroubador]

Anyone ever try using a birdfeeder and/or birdseed as a way to attract birds to eat the caterpillars?

Someone on here mentioned the idea to me and I'm gonna give it a go this year.

[Bud Green Sr.]

It works. the little birds eat the caterpillars and larger birds eat grasshoppers...

It's worth the price of a good feeder and a large sack of birdseed...