It’s reported that a ladybug will eat some 50 aphids a day. If you’re lucky enough to have ladybugs in your garden, their larvae will eat their weight in aphids each day. The University of Kentucky Extension Service reports that a single ladybug will eat 5,000 aphids during its lifetime.
Taken from planetnatural. com.
I catch ladybugs, praying mantis’s… when I see them and release them into the greenroom. I see dead ladybugs and I know that there are no aphids. My eyesight sucks so I just sacrifice some ladybugs… to make sure the girls are clean.
Exactly why I’m keeping them around @MoBilly
These r the bigger ladies I have three weeding cakes about two weeks out from harvest …but I have been clipping off mold so I feel like it’s gonna be a loss with these ones seeing how we have a rainy week in the forecast …
If I can push these plants and keep them alive till early frost the humidity in the air should be down and shouldn’t have to worry to much …
So if you guys have seen the hedges they were heavily defoliated and one plant has lost so many branches some branches were up to six foot the storm ravaged them this am …and had to pick one of the smaller one because of mold
Mine were laying on the ground this morning, heavy with this shitty rain. Next year I’m doing cages for sure. Between the bud rot and the rain/wind this year has been tough. Hope everything works out well for you, i think it’s gonna be a wet one up here for sure.
The one loosing all its limbs is the only one without a chicken wire skirt !
I shoulda listened to @ShiskaberrySavior and double skirted them …
it’s all not a loss these plants r pretty far behind so next nice day I’m setting up a rain guard so no rain can sit on the buds …
Even if they do rot I’m excited to see the colas on these ladies
I said it before and I’ll say it again Outdoor sucks
I’m gonna come up with a elite mold resistant climatized ny strain …some day
Heck yeah it is!!
Now bring on the insects that eat mold spores
Yeah that’s for sure brother !
They were well over grown by the time a second cage was mentioned
Yes I’m kicking myself in the ass
I don’t wanna jinx myself but I only found on little bug with mold on it and that was center of plant but other then that she’s making a name for herself I’ll have to get a pic of her soon !
@Emeraldgreen
Found four little buds with mold on them mainly the lard …the upper portion of the plant is getting the most sunlight …
She also has a different bud structure then most ….
On the second step down from the top of a four foot ladder it’s a little bit over eye level
Im 6’,2
You wouldn’t believe me when I said a branch about two weeks ago looked way ahead of the rest I plucked a bud dried a joints worth …me and the woman caught a buzz
I’m gonna take a picture holding the plant like a walking stick When I chop it wich is gonna be pretty soon because the weather is not looking promising
Anybody have any suggestions for a temp cover I have lumber and rolls of poly
She has potential just don’t know how well she will handle the rain season I need to get something up ASAP
I do have a screen house we use for camping !
The ol lady ain’t having it though
Exactly the problem is the pitch of the shed
The plants go about two foot over the low point …if the shed wasn’t so long I’d wrap some poly around a two by four and screw it to the face of the shed then carry it on over to the back but noooooooo hahah …
The only options I have are …
Figure something out
Or just let it ride
