Spider mites?
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Jdcollins86
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Yeah I just looked for them and couldn't spot them...
dannyboy602
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Not mites. Don't spray unless you're sure next time.
so if u look at the underside of the leaves u will find them hiding there, mostly. Easiest way to determine if u have spider mites is to take a white sheet of paper and shake the leaves over top of the paper. Some of the mites will fall onto the white paper and u can wipe/smear them with your hand. If u see blood streaks you have mites. My eyesight is actually pretty good still so I can generally see them even though they're pretty small. there are tons of threads on treating spider mites but try not to treat anything in flower, only in veg. oil sprays kill mite babies, not adults.
Floromite and Forbid kill both eggs and adults, you need both. IDK any organic means of treating mites. mb alcohol swabs but u have to be constantly doing it to be effective. Hope that helps
so if u look at the underside of the leaves u will find them hiding there, mostly. Easiest way to determine if u have spider mites is to take a white sheet of paper and shake the leaves over top of the paper. Some of the mites will fall onto the white paper and u can wipe/smear them with your hand. If u see blood streaks you have mites. My eyesight is actually pretty good still so I can generally see them even though they're pretty small. there are tons of threads on treating spider mites but try not to treat anything in flower, only in veg. oil sprays kill mite babies, not adults.
Floromite and Forbid kill both eggs and adults, you need both. IDK any organic means of treating mites. mb alcohol swabs but u have to be constantly doing it to be effective. Hope that helps
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Jdcollins86
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What could this be? With the naked eye the spots look white
Bose
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What is it?
dannyboy602
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tbh I am not sure. I used to have a license to spray pesticides in PA and know a little about entomology, enough to know I'm not looking at mite damage and probably not insect damage at all
edit: my guess is ur growing indoors? So if it is an insect probably you will see something called frass which is poop. Appears as small black spots about the size of a dot on an I. U will see lots of it...and again...look underneath the leaf where all the action occurs.
Lemme do a little reading...I'll brb
dannyboy602
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maybe thrips? the damage on ur pix and this image look similar, yes?
google thrip damage on cannabis and see for yourself...
check out this vid I found
the cure should be easy enough to find. good luck
google thrip damage on cannabis and see for yourself...
check out this vid I found
the cure should be easy enough to find. good luck
Jdcollins86
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That looks like what I have... But the big white spots have me confused
$bkbbudz$
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once you identify that you have mites...I learned a little trick from a Jorge Cervantes video about treating these little fuckers even in budding. Take some twine and soak it in sugar water...string the twine through the plants. They will go wherever the food is so as they climb up the string and away from the plants...zap em with some organic pesticide. Having never had spider mites I cannot say how effective it may or not be for you. Hope this helps.