Hey everyone, this is my first grow ever so any advice would be put to great use. I got 2 Clones of Purple Erkle sometime in the beging of may and put them in 10 gallon buckets with Foxfam Ocean Forest.One of them has turend into a bush and the other is nice and stalky. bout a month later i happend to be in oakland again so i stoped by the Purple Heard Paitend Center(place i gor the Erkle). When i saw they had Blue Dream and Grape Ape I couldn't help but buy some. so i got 2 apes and 1 dream. One of the apes Never rooted.. shitty probably my fault. since then I transplaned the Bue Dream into a 15 gal wit FOF. Shes Gettin big now. I have had a Problem with Thrips for some reason and also whiteflys.
anyways heres some pics.

I'll start with the smallest first, the Grape Ape. I'm pretty sure the only reason that shes not big is because I haven't transplanted her into a big pot yet. Don't worry!! I'm doing that tomarrow. Shes got some Really werid growth on the leaves:

Heres a side and top view:

Heres the Blue Dream, She's the same age as the Grape Ape, yet 3 times larger. Shes a Bute' sides her thrips
Heres a few shots:

This Erkle is a damn bush and her stem is twice the size of the other erkle i have. I Could maybe use some advice here because I have never pruned and i think she may need it. Heres some Shots:

Heres the other Erkle, she seems to be budding already. Seems weird because she in the same location as the other 3 plants, and they are still all veggin. I'm a newb I"m sure theres some explanation. Here she is:

Now I know I have Thrips and I"m trying to take care of them with Neem Oil. I treid Preying mantis' and ladybugs and they did alot of damage to those little bastards but it doesn't seem to be enough. I squash about 20 a day. I also seem to have a problem wiht Whiteflys, they are all throught my yard and i keep killing the suckers but i donno.
There is also this fly:

I seem to find them alot underneath the leaves and sometimes next to small white eggsacc loking things. I take everything off when i find them.


Also getting a few of these spots, not sure what they are:


aswell as some other leaf damage(not sure what):




Thanks for looking any advice or input would be put to good use!

picked up a trainwreck clone today........ couldn't resist. pic to come

My dumbass was All oiled out and knocked my trainwreck off the table when I was transplanting her.... Her roots were ripped off... Fuk I'm such a moron. I still put her back w/ som

Got some Monterey Gardens nsect spray and gave my girls a good once over. Ima check the result tomarrow. Grape ape is going into a sick 20 gal pot because I'm stuntin that bitch.

Wow, what a crazy start huh? I think the bugs definatly had part in the holes in the leaves and/or maybe some kind of sickness the plant is getting due to an off pH. Are you using nutes? Maybe too much?