clone problems, spider mites, mildew, root problem or a mix?

so saturday night i picked up 5 kens gdp clones semi rooted from a guy without proper inspection partly because it was dark out, anyways i got home and planted them in these dickesy cups, stuck em under some floros (putting them outside in a couple weeks) and nodiced this white shit or speckled marks on some leaves (one plant is completely covered with little speckles and looks to be drained of fluids and nutes), also noticed this discoloring and somewhat curling, wilting and distortion of leaves. im keeping them watered properly, under light with fresh intake air. i think the dude gave me clones with some mites most likely, and wilting could be due to slight transplant drama, any suggestions? how would you go about treating this sort of dilemma? im being patient, i want these suckers to survive and grow strong so please help me find a diagnosis and solution! thanks all peace
 

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grandpa 1949

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Have you seen the mites? They nest on the underneath of the leaves. They look like black spots that move slowly. If you have a magnifying glass you will see little mites.
There are all kinds of ways to kill them. I use an old school mix of 50% rubbing alcohol & 50% water in a spray bottle and spray all plants and grow area.
 

ranchos429

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azamax ...and some neem oil or other spray and maybe some yellow sticky traps wouldnd hurt either....good to have at least 3 defenses against spider mites
 
I recently had this problem, at first I used the Habanero chili spray but the mites kept coming back. Now I use No Pest Strips you can get them at like walmart or home depot. Since I put the strips in my tent I have not seen any spider mites or gnats.
 
i looked under the microscope and it looks to be that theres tinytiny browish bugs but also little white spores of some kind on the back of a few leaves dying , should i isolate those plants?
 

Coho

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Yes but they probablt infected others all ready. Treat all the plants with them now.
 
went to the close hydro store near work and they didnt have neem so i said fuck it ima make my own spray and see how that works untill i have time to go get neem somewhere legit
i mixed up lemon juice, salt, apple cider vinegar, iso, dish soap, and thinly sliced garlic then diluted with water. shit smells toxic!
sprayed till soaked all over plants (i put a drop directly on a mite and it just froze in the toxic bubble), made sure to cover soil up, let sit 20-30min then sprayed with fresh water to rinse the nastys completely off. ive only done this once a day, for yesterday and today, planning on keeping this up for a couple more days as there seems to be less mites and plants are doing ok, hopefully i get the results im hoping for
im gunna go back to that hyrdo store tomorrow because its close and they said they had something that was stronger than neem for mite and i cant remember what he said but if its azamax i might get some to rid the ache quicker
ill update results
 
well a couple days ago on Saturday plants were looking fine and seemed as if they were moving on without the mites, i waterd and stuck them outside on my roof to catch some rays while i was out and when i came back they looked sick and wilted, i think maby some of the solution i was using got into the medium even tho i had it covered up! who knows... all i know is im going to harborside to get me some dank clones and if i ever f with mites again im getting neem or something legit. what type of strain would you advise to grow in cali's coastal hills? i need a strong strain good threw hot/ cold and probably a fast flower-er too seeing how its lateish in season
 

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semor90

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If you want to completely avoid mites your best bet would be starting from seeds not clones. I was given 4 clones all 4 have a tiny mite problem. I'm going to treat 2nite with azamax spray and dunk 2maro. Hopefully it takes care of these mites. I found them super early so I think I'll be ok.

 
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