Can anyone diagnose this?
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cody.young11
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I have never increased wattage. I started full blast but I've been raising the height and plan on lowering it for flower. I just lost my job so no money to buy another light unfortunately. So it's indoor outside lol I've sealed a green house and put up reflective material. Honestly I've only used neem once. I'll start doing it every week now right before lights out.
Romis
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You spray while the lights are still on? Neem oil under light will torch those leaves =[
I'd suggest doing it a few minutes after the lights go off so the leaves got some time to cool off
cody.young11
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Interesting... that may be part of the issue.
cody.young11
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Wait which photo
cody.young11
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Holy shit you're the first one to say this. Look at what i found on the internet then my plant
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Romis
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Did you have those marks on your leaves before you sprayed neem oil or after?
If after, it's not from thrip damage (does not mean you don't have thrips) but the neem oil should kill off thrips
If you had them before you sprayed neem oil then it could be from thrips?
jimmy1life
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Easily can miss spots and it starts all over again. It's gonna be about of work I'd rotate sprays and hit um as much as possible every other day for week or two.
Rather than chemicals oils etc try this method I just finished posting on another journal. This is really effective if growing in soil, hydro setups I'm unsure if this can be done but may have some info that will help.
I have dealt with these pests a couple of times and refused to use chemicals or neem etc. If your growing in soil this method is extremely effective as I've wiped them out both times. Since two of the thrips life stages are in the soil I reasoned at the time that interrupting or wiping out 1 or more of these stages should bring an end to the colony over a few weeks.
-First let your soil dry out until your leaves are almost at a droop and break up the top inch or two of the soil in the planter
-Next get out your vacuum and using the hand nozzle suck up every last bit of loose soil (careful of the root zone) and immediately rid the soil from your house.
-Then replace the missing inch or two with fresh clean soil (sterilized if possible) and water if needed, do this every couple to 3 days for at least 2 weeks, 3 being better.
Since the prepupa and pupa stages are at rest in the soil (for at least 4-5 days combined) removing the top layer will rid your planter of these two critical thrip life cycles.
Done enough times they won't have a chance to pupate into an adult and lay more eggs so the colony will die out on it's own.
I found this method most effective (especially during the flower period) and the least invasive (to some degree) Best of all NO chemicals, soaps or oils which are messy and a damn hassle.
Cheers!