Looking For Opinions On Some Pics of Things...

frankthedog

Member
Hello all just have a few things I would like your opinions on...first theres the sh*tty pic of a small bright red insect...dunno what the hell it is...the second one is damage from some kind of pest...and are those last two starting to flower ? If you see anything else at all like signs of any deficiencys please lemme know...Any thoughts are appreciated thanks
 

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1: is a fuzzy red blob. No idea what it is, but looks too big for a red spider mite.
2: looks like slug or snail damage.
3 & 4 - maybe, maybe not.. it should become clearer in another week.

Generally, they don't look too bad. Doesn't appear to be anything worth worrying about going on.
 

1sttimeguy

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Small red bug is potentially a spider mite.

Something IS eating your leaves, at this point not enough to panic about IMO. Find some ladybugs and place them on your plants, they will eat the spider mites and any other bugs that like dining on your plants. As long as there is a source of food for the lady bugs they'll stick around.

You may be seeing pre-flowers, that is a sign that they have matured.

They don't look deficient but I would probably start feeding them those nutes 1/2 strength to start. I wouldn't hurt. And those leaves are pointing up right now because they are trying to transpire the excess moisture in the soil. The latter half of this week the weather looks to be taking a turn, the long weekend is supposed to be really nice... enough of this bloody rain already.
 

frankthedog

Member
thanks for the tip about the leaves upturning...I planned to feed them today, but I was thinking about wether or not I should let the soil dry up a bit before I do...would they take the nutes better ? plus I dont want to over water them as like you said it seems they arent very thirsty right now...
 

1sttimeguy

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I think our last weather system with any significant amount of rain is passing through tomorrow. Feed them after it rains then just get on a feed/ water / feed... program with them.

***EDIT*** -> "Feeding" is a slightly deceptive term. By adding nutrients to the soil you aren't actually feeding the plants, you are making nutrients (in the form of salts) available to the root system. Plants get burned when they are "overfed" because the salt content in the soil is higher than the content in the plant, through osmosis those salts pass into the plant faster than the plant can use them (toxicity). As long as you aren't adding too much fertilizer the plants shouldn't burn. On the flip side, overwatering will flush those nutrients from the soil. If you add nutes to wet soil they will more evenly distribute than if they are added to dry soil. ;) Hope that helps.
 
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