What to do about pest damaged leaves?

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bankcee

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I know there is a lot of controversy about the art of defolation. lol I have no idea which side I'm on. and I'm going to go with whatever responses I get on my issue.

So my issue is that I think I had a bad infestation of thrips, and/or spider mites. Not to sure, but from the damage my fan leaves took I think it was thrips. But again, not sure.

I don't know if the infestation is still at large. cause I have a pretty bushy girl right now and it's hard to keep track of all the leaves that are damaged and all the ones that are not and if the leaf I'm looking at today is the one I found weeks ago when I first noticed the problem..

would it be of any benefit to remove all these leaves that have any damages from pests, do a treatment of spinosad again, and then see if they're still actively destroying my girls? I don't think I'll ever be able to tell unless I get rid of what's already damaged and start fresh.

would defolation be a dumb thing to do? what would I lose in doing this if anything.

hers some pics of my girls and their problems I'm noticing.

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Indacouch

Indacouch

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If it's just those few bad ones in the pics your not going to hurt nothing removing them. Your plant looks very nice otherwise Get those pests under control though
 
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bankcee

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Indacouch said:
If it's just those few bad ones in the pics your not going to hurt nothing removing them. Your plant looks very nice otherwise Get those pests under control though
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no its not just those few though lol its quite a bit. I think i even had caterpillars that were chomping on my shit. I notice leaves everyday with something wrong and idk if they're the same leaves i noticed a month back.
 
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Indacouch

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bankcee said:
no its not just those few though lol its quite a bit. I think i even had caterpillars that were chomping on my shit. I notice leaves everyday with something wrong and idk if they're the same leaves i noticed a month back.
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Oh shit that sucks .........I use neem concentrate 4ml a drop of soap in a 30 oz spray bottle. Then il alternate to azamax 5ml 30 oz spray bottle I always spray at dark or lights off when there cool ........I'm sure your doing something already but just incase I figured I'd share what works for me. Good luck
 
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bankcee

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vostok said:
I'd be tempted to remove the worst, so long as you are in veg, but again Neem Oil is your friend, I use it daily this time of year, not had any molds bugs in taste in my bud

to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/neem-oil.27514/

and defoliation........... https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/de-leaf-or-not.30156/
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I'm gonna buy some neem. would you suggest cold pressed over any other neem there is? idk much about this stuff. can I make a foliar with dry neem seed meal that I have? and also I wanna remove them first thing tomorrow but it will be quite a bit of leaves. think it'll be an issue if I plan to switch to 12/12 buy the 2nd or 3rd week of october?
 
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vostok

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Cold pressed is the best of the best, you may need to add a pinch (1/4Tsp) of dish/hair soap to act as a surfactant, so the neem sticks to the plant, first time..? just add a TSP to a pint spray bottle, a pinch of soap fill with warm water and spray 1x time per day ....for great defense
 
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