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It looks like someone set it on fire! Either that, or its a chemical burn, as in something spilled/applied to it. IMO no way is it a plant deficiency/ph problem
UPDATE: Day 47 ... (for some, but not all)
I've mentioned STEM BORING CATERPILLARS many times on this Journal already.
No matter how many times I have mentioned it, or prepared myself for the occurrence, NOTHING prepares you for it when it is discovered.
It's gut wrenching.
Just to recap, the white moths are the culprit.
They lay their eggs on the plant, which then as larvae feed on the plant and BORE HOLES inward, into the stem.
This is why you often can not detect them until its too late.
They are hidden from view and destroy the stem from the inside out.
It is their faecal matter that creates the visible bud rot.
However the true damage is the bore holes which is how they get into the inner structure of the plant.
CAVEAT:
this is NOT one of the HubbaBubbaSmelloScope girls, however, given I have mentioned the damage that can be done by a caterpillar invasion, and also given it is in the same garden in a parallel grow, I thought it relevant to still post in here, for the benefit and interest of those following this Mephisto thread.
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Full image showing the slightest hint of bud rot with the brownish pistils, mid bud.
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Full image showing MAIN more hole once bud has been opened out.
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MAIN bore hole centre pic.
Bud rot area above.
Secondary bore hole to the left of main bore hole.
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The main bore hole - the mother load in full techincolour.
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Above image zoomed.
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Primary bore hole centre pic.
To the left can be seen the Secondary bore hole.
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Good image showing the PRIMARY bore hole and the resultant bud rot in relation to the whole bud.
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Again, PRIMARY bore hole and resultant bud rot.
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Bud rot, with SECONDARY bore hole visible to the left.
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SECONDARY bore hole, with what could in all probability be, a TERTIARY bore hole.
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SECONDARY bore hole upper pic, with the PRIMARY bore hole lower pic, with what is in all probability a TERTIARY bore hole just below the SECONDARY bore hole.
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Good image of SECONDARY and PRIMARY bore holes in the stem, with a much smaller [probable] TERTIARY bore hole immediately to the right of the SECONDARY bore hole.
@Waira - I know this might not be the typical deficiency/toxicity questions normally found in the Infirmary section, but maybe stem boring caterpillars might be a useful case - with photos and commentary - to have in the database?
I never knew caterpillars could be so savage! Glad the weather doesn't permit me much to grow outdoors where I live and Defo would be useful in database! Is it possible to see any Eggs etc with a loup?
Bacillus Thuringiensis synthesises protein crystals called Delta endotoxins, which are eaten by larvae. They produce intestine paralysis, so the insect stops feeding, makes the epithelium break, allowing intestinal fluids flow to the vital organs and living tissues, causing its death.
Botryprot (EM) acts as a phytofortifier against negative effects of fungal rottennesses such as Botrytis and Sderotinia usually caused (in flower) by caterpillars or falls of temperature with an increase of the relative humidity.
Good question.
Didn't look this time.
Hopefully there won't be a next time - but chances are there will be.
The bud has already been destroyed due to the pandemic nature of bud rot.
But for there to even be bud rot means they have gone past the egg stage and are now faeces producing larvae.
However, as larvae is also when they are most vulnerable, because its when the likes of Snake Killer [Bacillus Thuringiensis] gets to work.
And yeah - the stem boring caterpillars are definitely 'savage'!!
Can destroy a whole garden in the blink of an eye.
Hence DEFCON1 and zero tolerance.
To combat the bud rot I have Botryprot;
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