philymc315
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i have just recently found some leaves on one of my plants that look like they are being eaten or burned by somthing im just wondering what it is i cant find anything on or near the plant can anybody tell me what it is
whats up with my plants
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philymc315
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forgot to put up the pics they arnt the best quality
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philymc315
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no i have checked the whole plant and the tent it seems to be only on the top of the plant should i just get rid of that plant i dont want to risk the other six plants would spider mites do that over three days
Brick Top
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Anything that did that much munching is not some tiny insect or even a bunch of tiny insects and instead a larger critter. Damage like that normally comes from things like caterpillars, cutworms, cabbageworms, etc. If you have something like that you will normally find it not far from where it has been eating and be hanging on under a branch or on a branch or under a leaf or on the main stem. Color-wise some will blend in very well and not be all that easy to see and some will be darker and more mottled or spotted and be easier to see.
Look your plant(s) over very closely and you are likely to find something along the lines of one of the types of critters I mentioned.
It could even be slugs. They will normally hide during the day/when lights are on, in loose soil/mulch etc. and then come out at night/when the lights are off and munch.
That makes them more difficult to spot because they won't hang out near the area they have been feeding on.
If you have a garden supply store where you can purchase preying mantis, or can purchase them online, you can get a few and put them on your plants and they will wipe out the sort of critters I mentioned. They are like the great white sharks of the insect world, they are voracious eaters, and they will not miss any larger critter like that and they will remain on the plants for as long as there is a food source for them to live off of.
For smaller tiny critters like spider mites lady bugs will do the job. They are also voracious eaters and they will wipe them out. There are also predator mites that are not harmful to plants that will wipe out spider mites and similar tiny critters.
Look your plant(s) over very closely and you are likely to find something along the lines of one of the types of critters I mentioned.
It could even be slugs. They will normally hide during the day/when lights are on, in loose soil/mulch etc. and then come out at night/when the lights are off and munch.
That makes them more difficult to spot because they won't hang out near the area they have been feeding on.
If you have a garden supply store where you can purchase preying mantis, or can purchase them online, you can get a few and put them on your plants and they will wipe out the sort of critters I mentioned. They are like the great white sharks of the insect world, they are voracious eaters, and they will not miss any larger critter like that and they will remain on the plants for as long as there is a food source for them to live off of.
For smaller tiny critters like spider mites lady bugs will do the job. They are also voracious eaters and they will wipe them out. There are also predator mites that are not harmful to plants that will wipe out spider mites and similar tiny critters.
BOOGS
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yah my buddy had his infested with silkworms outside they chewed it down the the ground stem and all..."I recomend a praying mantis" www.kingsnake.com go there and go to classifieds....they got cool little pink,purple,green,yellow flower mantids very neat insects and wont eat your bud they are carnivorous you might have to feed it if you dont have bugs in there but it will keep all the bugs away from your crop
Sticky2ice
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I agree a mantis in the grow op would be bad ass! I had a huge Caterpillar that chewed holes in my outdoor plants, looked just like that.yah my buddy had his infested with silkworms outside they chewed it down the the ground stem and all..."I recomend a praying mantis" www.kingsnake.com go there and go to classifieds....they got cool little pink,purple,green,yellow flower mantids very neat insects and wont eat your bud they are carnivorous you might have to feed it if you dont have bugs in there but it will keep all the bugs away from your crop
philymc315
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i will go over the plants with a magnifiying glass but this setup is in doors and nothing has been brought into the tent from outside everything was brand new how would they get there just one more thing i noticed arond were it looks eaten that the leaves look a little brown and the plant that has the problem is not flowering either all the others have been fowering for a week now
SnakierGrizzly
Well-Known Member
spend 5 dollars on some organic spray that should kill the bugs---the bugs are just trying to get high
philymc315
Member
i have checked the whole grow area and could not find any bugs or any thing like that i have noticed one or two leaves tuening brown in certain spots it looks very like what happen to the other plant in the first pics just not to the point where the leaves have started disappear any help on what the problem is would be much appreciated sorry the pics arnt the best shitty cam
