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Issue #487 - Sunday, August 15, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- If you're growing outdoors, you're already aware it's the time of the year where cannabis plants develop buds (unless you're growing autoflowers). Unfortunately, many pests and bugs are also excited about your cannabis flowering during this time of year. Know your enemy and let them know they're not welcome!
- Now that you know what the bad bugs look like, what about the ones that eat cannabis pests? Learn how to spot the good bugs, too!
- The growers in today's trophy pics are all in different stages of cannabis farming. One has clones, one is training their plants and some have bud that's just about ready to be plucked. One thing is for sure: they all look tasty, and I'd definitely be willing to help test them out.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"No occupation is so delightful to me
as the culture of the earth,
and no culture comparable to that of the garden."
~Thomas Jefferson
Bugs and Pests
Are Coming for Your Weed!
😱🐛🐜😩
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It's that time of year where outdoor growers in the northern hemisphere are seeing tons of bugs. Nooooooo!
Caterpillars are one of the most common pests when growing weed outdoors. Use a BT Caterpillar spray (works best if you apply with a mister) as a safe and effective way to eradicate them for good.
Today I aim to cover the most common cannabis bugs and pests. Reply to this email and let me know if I missed any.
Note: Here's a list of safe, all-natural pesticides for cannabis plants.
It’s time to fight back against cannabis bugs, mold and pests!
Aphids
Aphids live under leaves & have different forms depending on their stage of life.
These unmoving bugs that look like barnacles and stick to the plant on stems and underneath leaves.
These mites are so small you will likely never see them even under a magnifier. However, you can tell your plant has been infected because your new leaves will be blistered, twisted and glossy. The overall plant grows poorly and buds may turn brown. Broad mites are often mistaken for other problems like nutrient deficiencies, heat stress or pH problems.
Bud Rot or Mold
Not a bug, but also common. Leaves and buds get discolored, typically overnight. When opened up, the inside of the bud is dead or moldy.
Crickets
“Regular” crickets will munch on your leaves while “mole crickets” can tunnel under your plants and disturb their roots!
“Regular” Crickets
Mole Cricket – these can tunnel under your cannabis plants like moles
Fungus Gnats
Fungus gnats look like tiny dark flies. They hang around soil that stays wet for long periods of time, and their worm-like larvae crawl around in the wet top soil. Plants start getting sick if a gnat infestation gets out of control.
Grasshoppers
You’ve probably seen these before, but these seemingly harmless garden creatures will happily eat your cannabis leaves!
Leafhoppers
These bugs come in almost every color known to man so sometimes it can be tough to tell what they are just from looking. However, they all make clusters of spots on your leaves where they’ve sucked out all the sap, so if you see spots like this you know you’ve got leafhoppers!
One common leafhopper color (also can be green).
Leaf Miners
Leaf miners are larva that actually live inside your leaves and tunnel through them to eat!
Mealybugs
These tiny white bugs look “hairy” and are found crawling on leaves and buds.
Planthoppers
Each species looks quite a bit different as an adult. Some look like pretty leaves. As youngsters, they create white and fuzzy patches that look like cotton on their butts and on your plants. Planthoppers suck the life out of cannabis plants if they start a colony.
This is a common planthopper that attacks outdoor cannabis plants
Russet Mites (or Hemp Russet Mites)
Russet mites are so small you can only see them with a magnifier unless there are thousands of them infesting your plant. They live the the crevices of leaves, stems or buds.
Slugs / Snails
Slugs and snails usually come out at night, leaving holes in leaves with scalloped edges from their individual bite marks. They also leave slime trails on leaves and on the ground.
Spider Mites
Spider mites are often caught from another grow room, and their bites leave small white speckles all over your leaves. They’re so small they can be hard to see, though the best place to look is underneath leaves. You may see webbing if there are enough of them living on the plant.
Stink Bugs
Various species of stink bug have been known to attack cannabis plants. They lay distinctive patches of white eggs, which hatch into small beetle-like insects and eventually grow into stink bugs.
Thrips
Thrips leave irregular bronze or silver marks that may look like “dried spit” or tiny snail trails. Their young look like fat, tiny worms.
Still don't see your problem?
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Lacewings are natural predators to many common cannabis pests like aphids and planthoppers. Don't kill them!
See the little, white “balloons” floating off the leaf surface on the following picture? These are Green Lacewing eggs! Lacewings are beneficial insects that eat the ‘bad guys”. Picture by Jennybee698. Check out their awesome article: How to Prevent Bugs (Outdoor Cannabis Pest Guide)
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You probably know what a praying mantis looks like. They are majestic and happily munch on many common cannabis pests. However, you may not know what their eggs look like.
Praying mantis eggs: If you see this don't destroy it!
This insect looks outright evil, with its black and orange coloring on a spikey alien form. But this is actually what young ladybugs look like, and are a natural enemy of aphids and other common cannabis pests.
Ladybird larvae look similar. Don't kill these.
Look at the adult ladybird gnawing on aphids. Good bug!
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"Hi guys, I’m Vino Zapata, here in Italy it’s 02:14 am and I’m writing this to you just to say THANK YOU, It’s my second year of growing outdoor and you all are amazing, your site is wonderful, I love your extremely simple explanations and most of all the kinda scientific approach that you have, the fact that you post a lot of photos for one article or growing problem (like the yellowing leaves that I’m reading
now).
Everything is extremely easy to understand, it’s very useful etc. etc. all the good things in the world.
Last year I thought that I’d love to read a book about growing, like a manual, THE BIBLE OF GROWERS and damn I would definitely buy one from you."
~Vino
Thanks, Vino. I'm glad we could help bring some weed to Italy. ~Sirius
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"Thanks for your great advices, articles and everything. Your website is a real guide for beginners and more!"
~Oliver
I appreciate you taking the time to write in just to thank us. It really does mean a lot. 🏆 ~Sirius
"I didn't see your newsletter in my inbox last week and I panicked. It was there I just missed it. 😄"
~Rubin
Liking our newsletter enough to miss it is a huge compliment. I'm glad we could be a part of your Sunday. ~Sirius
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"There WERE feminized autoflowering white widow that I THINK have gone hermie. Is that a correct assumption? Thanks!"
~Bummed
No need to be bummed. This isn't a hermie; it's just a female plant with large calyxes. 👍 ~Sirius
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"My first trying Mainlining blue haze"
~Hrdcr-Cndn
It looks like it's going very well for a first time. They're so orderly...like little weed soldiers. ~Sirius
"Little predator waiting!
100%organic pest control provided by nature. Mantis and four or five different kinds of spiders (not mites) from web spinners to jumpers. The paper wasps also visit.
The grasshoppers only nibble a bit of leaf and get blazed and just sit there. They’re so high you can easily grab them! That fact isn’t lost on the predators; they have it good!
We wash all the harvest in clean cold water in the tub and have low insect contamination."
~Max
Good-looking plants with good insects to look out for them. .👍 ~Sirius
"White Queen(left) Gorgonzola(right) mother’s with their babies more cuttings in the cloner to follow the perpetual grow and sum roses for Nebula thanks for all the knowledge."
Abe
It's like a family picture for cannabis plants. The rose plant is an in-law coming for a visit. Don't worry though, cannabis and roses are similar in lots of ways; I'm sure they'll get along. ~Sirius
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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages!
Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- All-Natural Pesticides – Safe Up to Harvest! - If your grow room is infested with pests and you want to get rid of them, why not do it in a way that's safe for you and your family? This page will guide you in the right direction if you want pesticides that aren't fear-inducing.
- Leafhoppers - In the US, Leafhoppers have been the most prevalent pest in cannabis gardens, according to the emails we receive. They won't ruin a crop, but it's best to be rid of them before they leave brown spots all over your leaves. Don't be fooled by their cuteness!
- Spider Mites - Any pest that has "mite" in its name should strike fear in the heart of any grower. They're not the worst thing that can happen to cannabis, but they're the worst as far as pests go. Spider mites aren't as bad as russet mites, but they're more common and are known to be
intensely frustrating.
- Hemp Russet Mites - In my opinion, Russet mites are the worst pest you can get in a cannabis garden. They're as destructive as a large animal but without any of the cuteness or awe of nature. Russet mites are so harmful that many times, the only option for dealing with them is to get rid of the plant
entirely.
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Sirius Fourside:
Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium (deep water culture, bubbleponics).
"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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