🐛 Bud Worms, Botrytis, Mildew and More, with Matthew Gates
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4.7 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The great and powerful Matthew Gates AKA Synchangel is back on the show for an episode about Croptober pest prevention! Matthew dives deep into the most common and detrimental pests that affect our gardens late in the harvest cycle- and how to prevent them. He covers all things bud worms and moths, including their breeding and behavior- which is crucial to understand in order to stop them. The bud worm conversation leads to a discussion about botrytis- which goes right along with the bud worm damage- and Matthew Gates gives us a great overview on how to avoid this powerful and undesirable fungus. Synchangel also touches on the less vigorous but still undesirable powdery mildew, and how to reduce the environmental stimuli that trigger this powdery pest!
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings cultivators from around the world. |
| 0:02.3 | Jordan River here, back with more Grocast, occupying your healthy philosphere. |
| 0:07.6 | Today we have Matthew Gates back on the line. |
| 0:10.4 | He's a pest expert. |
| 0:11.6 | He loves talking about insects and all that good stuff. |
| 0:14.2 | We're going to talk about budworms today, but we're also going to get into mold and mildew. |
| 0:18.5 | Awesome episode. |
| 0:19.6 | We're starting up this month. |
| 0:22.2 | October is Croptober. We're starting up this month. October is Croptober. |
| 0:28.8 | We're dealing with the end of grow cycles, you know, senescence, late flower, harvest, dry cure. |
| 0:32.6 | And that's what we're going to focus on all month long. And Matthew Gates is going to talk to us today about what pests to look out for and avoid during the late flower stage. |
| 0:38.9 | I know you're going to love this episode. |
| 0:40.1 | Before we get into it, though, |
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