Does garlic drive off budworm moths?

BOMBAYCAT

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• Oct 18, 2018

• #1

Always before I have grown some tomatoes and garlic among the MMJ. I haven't had tomato horn-worms or the bud-worms for many years. This year I only grew MMJ and discovered a few bud-worms. Does the garlic work or am I just imagining? Oh garlic must drive off Vampires as I never get those either. LOL

 

MJPassion

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #2

Yup...


Companion planting does work.


Garlic repels a lot of critter all on it's own.

 

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paradoxlost

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #3

garlic is the shit. so is dill. and marigold. and buckwheat. and mustard. oooo mustard.

 

Capt.Ahab

Feeding the ducks with a bun.

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420giveaway

• Oct 19, 2018

• #4

Marigolds are supposed to be a good companion plant too.

 

Hookahhead

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #5

Like others have said companion planting can have positive results. A quick google search will turn up a plethora of results. The problem is there is not a lot of concrete research that I've seen. Also the information doesn't typically take into consideration geographic location. Everybody's garden is different and so are the pest/predator relationships. Garlic and other highly odoriferous (smelly) plants definitely seem to deter pests, which is why they produce those compounds in the first place. Another interesting facet of companion planting I was reading about recently was planting things with the hope of drawling pests away from other plants. I'm going to try planting sunflowers with the flower heads removed in my spot, with the intention of providing a tastier option than my ladies for the grasshoppers.

Good luck, I would say just do whatever works best for you whether you are able to verify it on the internet or not.

 

troutman

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #6

You could always spray BT.

 

Cvh

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Supermod

• Oct 19, 2018

• #7

troutman said:

You could always spray BT.

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Sorry for asking. But what is BT?

 

Hookahhead

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #8

Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterial that is known to interfere with digestion of many insects. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis

Personally it's not available in my neck of the woods or I would use it. I'm fairly certain that's what's in the mosquito dunks people use for fighting fungus gnats

 

AgentPothead

Just this guy, ya know?

• Oct 19, 2018

• #9

Cvh said:

Sorry for asking. But what is BT?

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Bacillus thuringiensis main ingredient in gnatrol and mosquito dunks is BTI a strain they found in israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis
JINX HOOKAHEAD OWES ME A COKE

 

Hookahhead

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• Oct 19, 2018

• #10

AgentPothead said:

JINX HOOKAHEAD OWES ME A COKE

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Any chance you have plans to visit Central America? I would love to have a grow buddy here hang out with at the beach all day. Plus the Coca Cola here is made with real sugar and not corn syrup! Unfortunately we have an over abundance of the other kind too