Sherbet Queen Auto 1st Outdoor Grow

Found a bunch of hard things on the flower this week. I thought they were bugs but it was poop from a fat Caterpillar! It ravaged an entire bud and branch. I had some random tomato plants sprout from the ground from tomatoes that fell last year and grew really well so I left them and set my cannabis adjacent and touching one of them. Bad idea lol. It served as a highway to my plant for the bugs. I have moved it a little so that it’s no longer touching and haven’t noticed anymore caterpillars. As easy as this grow outdoors has been, the uncontrollable factors are frustrating. The other thing I’ve noticed is that auto flowers produce airy buds no matter what. I’ll be switching to photoperiods for the fall/winter grow.