do mites only get under the leaves or can they get down in the base of the stem? in the aerogarden the growing medium is kind of exposed (The spongey part) and some fibers and dog hairs have gotten in there and some look like spider mites. do mites turn the leaves brown spotted?

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two of the 3 of my plants have been stunned and most likley will die. my big one still looks at least 50 percent healthy.... i dunno if it is spider mites >.<

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spider mites are very hard to see with an untrained eye..remember that and make sure you are looking at spider mites. most people use a 30x glass to see them.

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Do you actually see bugs? I know that it is common among aerogarden users to have their first couple sets of leaves turn yellowish....If this is the case they will out grow it....If you look in my gallery at some of my very first pics you will see what I mean.....I know that Vandewalle and merc one or maybe it was brnpiper had this problem as well.....

As I said they may out grow it unless it is somthing else

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You should also put some duct taper over the holes that you are not using....Duh! c'mon man, you don't want shit falling into your water contaminating everything....plus the light hitting the water is a perfect habitat for growing algea, and that is bad.....use your head bro....

But good luck and peace
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its like brown and killing my plants. one is already a gonner. and it is spreading rather fast .... well it might of not been spider mites i saw just a bunch of fuzz, i removed some and it seemed to be nothing... i dunno they are getting brown and crispy

i thought the open holes helped with air flow or oxygen or some shit

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Make sure PH is good too and dont over nute I know its hard not to but trust me a little does go a long way. I cant think of any other reasons why your plants may be like this other than what I have just stated....

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NO. Cover those damn holes... thats probobly your problem....

If your plants dont recover.... clean the shit out of the resivoir and the sponges, and try again with everything I have just said.

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okay there are most def some sort of white/cloudy mold or some shit building up on the greyish sponge thingy...it is only on one though the other 2 look sub-normal but the one on the sucsessful plant is all cloudy looking o_O

alright man thanks, i didnt think little floaty craps would screw my shit up so much :[

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I have had this moldy stuff that you are explaining as well....I dont think it is mold because it never caused me a problem. I actually think it is Salt build up from the nutes...

What are little floaty craps?

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