Boboro"s 2014 grow 5th. year.

[deluxestogie]

Out of ~250 plants, I found about 1/2 dozen bud worms. I just squish them. Actually a tiny budworm just smears into nothing, between a fingertip and the leaf surface.

Bob

 

[Boboro]

Ive been mashin em as I take off suckers. Its like they hachen constatanly.

 

[Knucklehead]

I'm having the same problem with sprays. We're getting a thundershower just about every evening. It looks like we get a little break after the first of the week. I'm planning on spraying during that gap. I'm picking off worms by hand but not finding many. The grasshoppers were chewing me up but I nailed them with some Bug B Gone. It's too cloudy and rainy, I need some sunshine.

 

[Knucklehead]

Boboro, you can order Spinosad or BT from Amazon. Free shipping if you buy over $35.00 worth of stuff.

Spinosad: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3zqts34shm_b

BT: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_1...illus+thuringiensis+bt&ie=UTF8&qid=1403984628

I'm using Spinosad this year and really like it. You only have to spray half as often as BT and it works in a similar manner. Not a poison but a biologic control.

I get my 5 gal. paints strainers from Amazon also if you need some to round out your order: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038RRPI2...UTF8&colid=13VBKGVGUSMWU&coliid=IQKPLFFUTSMNL

 

[Boboro]

Yea thr rains gonna stop but.... Get ready for high 90s. If I cant talk someone into goin to Tupelo ill order some.

 

[DGBAMA]

I love that patch.. looks like you have them more space between plants this year.

 

[Boboro]

I think the plant are just smaller.

 

[deluxestogie]

Those "5 gallon" paint strainer bags are pretty small for bud bags:

Product Dimensions 11.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 inches

The "5 gallon" just means they fit the top of a 5 gallon bucket. The bags I sew are 30" x 24", and are sometimes too big, sometimes too small.

Bob

EDIT: maybe the "product dimensions" is just a measurement of the box they come in??

 

[Brown Thumb]

The 5 gallon bags are nice, just like his patch. Not to big not to small. Just Right.

 

[deluxestogie]

What are the actual dimensions of one paint strainer bag?

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Just measured 16w x 21l, flat.

Very fine mesh, much like the no-see-um screen used on tent doors.

 

[deluxestogie]

That seems like a pretty reasonable size for bagging most varieties.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

If the flower head gets too big, the lower parts can be trimmed off. The main cluster is still more than enough seed.

 

[DGBAMA]

I use nylon zip ties to secure them, but I put them on inside-out, so they don't lock and can be easily loosened to adjust the bag as needed.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Good idea there. thanks, I use zip ties but zip them up.

 

[Knucklehead]

Good idea there. thanks, I use zip ties but zip them up.

I bought some of the reusable zip ties this year. You press a tab to unzip them, then zip them back up. They're great when you have to reposition the bag or remove it for pest control. (aphids, bud worms)

 

[Boboro]

Sprayed for worms yesterday and Ill be dammed if it didn't start rainin before I finished.

 

[Boboro]

F**ts AN passes out???

 

[DGBAMA]

Ok then. ?

 

[Boboro]

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