Hi, wasn't sure where to drop this, in the infirmary or new growers forum. I've got some little chewers in my outdoor garden. I found this guy hanging out on one of the leaves. Not positive he's to blame but I sure didn't invite him. I had a hard time getting a clear pic of him. Hopefully someone can help me identify what's chewing on my leaves and what steps I should take. Thanks for any help, this outdoor growing is a new world to me.
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Mesa bro, what's good?!
Hooray on your first OD grow
... definitely a new experience/learning curve and vermins are a big part of it unfortunately....
I can't be sure in that first pic, but it might be a thrip. They are sap suckers, adults can fly, the tell-tale damage looks similar to mites but usually on the top surface of the leaf... it'll be a paled-out, sometimes kinda silvery (from the translucent cuticle layer damage) very fine stippling...
Google some images...
...but the hole looks like earwigs or some other larger bastard muncher... 'wigs move around and hide well, usually eat at night.
Spinosad is great effective stuff for the vermin it's made to work against, but it's a contact killer; no contact, no kill basically...
I've used Sierra Natural Science 209 which is an organic pesti' made from rosemary oil and is systemic =
-makes the sap taste like ass to them so the FO! Look it up, worthy stuff IME... not a panacea against everything, but it really helps... Only hitch is you need to stop use 2-3 weeks before harvest to have it metabolized out, and that's not much of one anyway. I've never had off flavors or anything like that from it...
The more mobile larger vermin, you'll need to seek and destroy
LOL ....Stuff like diatomaceous earth only works until you water next, then it's dusty nature is ruined and no longer is very effective at getting into their tender parts, cutting them up and slowly bleeding the out basically...
www.lostcoastplanttherapy.com
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