Help! Do I have Spider Mites?

My lower branches seem to be the only ones affected... The very top is growing healthy as can be. I purchased a Insecticidal Soap which claims it will kill the little buggers if it happens to be them. I have only Covered the plant once with it though. Please Help! I attached a picture.

I've had spider mite issues before.. From the pic it looks like it could be them. Look on the underside of the leaves for little black things.. They can look like little specs of ground pepper. What kind of insecticidal soap do you have? I tried a brand I got from home depot once.. Cant remember the name but it said organic and it did work, just took a couple applications each week for a few weeks. I also diluted with distilled water and used a new, washed paint sponge to lightly apply on the bottom of affected leaves.
Whatever you do, Be careful.

If you had spider mites your leaves would be eatin. like piece of your leaf like gone. my plants aswell have little white greenish spots on them. there flowering now and there doing just fine. gonnna harvest them soon. super chronic.

Also a good thing for treating mites is Rose Rx 3 in 1 . helps with fungicide insecticide and miticide. it's organic i recommend it. very good for mites.

it's 10$ bucks
(i got the 5 finger discount)

You can go to radioshack and buy a little microscope for like ten bucks. Then look at underside of leaves. If they are there you'll see them. Ugly little things. Plus you can use the microscope later to check your trichomes. Get them now while your plants are in veg, you dont want to deal with them while your in flower.

if the spider mite infestation gets bad enough it can eat through, making actual holes in leaves, but it doesn't start like that. it starts with white/ lighter spots on the leaves. I took care of my problem before it got to the point of making actual holes.

Thanks to all of you for the quick response. I Got a magnifying glass and i have thoroughly checked the undersides and from what i can see there are no visible black dots. I am wondering how often i should spray my plant or if i should even continue to. One other thing i forgot to mention, the lower leaves are dying(drying out) from the tip in, but up top my plant just keeps growing and growing. I havent used and nutrients to date, just the potting soil and fresh water( I live near the mountains) Could i possibly be lacking something? I attached a few more pics

Did you start from seed? Or clone?
Could be a couple of other things.. How often do you water? When are you watering? Since it's the bottom leaves, it could be water droplets on the leaves during high light. Pigments in the chloropyll get excited, which is how the plant converts light energy to Chemical energy. Water droplets affect the cells' ability to absorb & convert light energy.
Could also be a root problem or nitrogen problem, but I doubt it.

Started from Seed, I water every 2-3 days, I usually water in the early morning or before bed. I have had the spots for about 3 weeks, And i just recently started misting my plant. It spends all day in doors but in direct sunlight, and all night in a grow box. Temp never gets below 20 deg Cel.

Since you started from seed, and the spots are on older leaves, you might be starting to get root-bound. Might be time to transplant, can't really the size of your pot by the pics. Might want to start watering less too, try to wait 3-4 days. Also, what are you using to mist your plants? I've found that even spray bottles with the dial adjustment are too heavy on their finest mist settings, I use a pressure sprayer on the finest setting, like this one..
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100188485/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
Works well and comes out really fine mist. I only use it once in awhile though, like every 2 weeks

Thanks for all your input CCC420. This is off topic but you seem to know your shit. Im not looking for a big yield im trying to work out the kinks with my first grow.. Judging by my pics, would you say it is to early to start budding/flowering this plant? Im sitting at 11" tall, I plan on waiting till it hits 12" not to concerned if i only get a doob or two. Got big plans for my next grow.

Its good to start out with only one or two, easier to manage and not overwhelming. I took some horticulture classes at community college a few years ago, now I'm on my fifth grow, but Im definitely still learning. Did you start it in that pot? If I were you, I wouldnt worry too much about the spots, since you can't find any bugs. Keep an eye on it though. Try to keep the leaves as dry as possible when you water. Only mist lightly, and not too often. I would wait a little bit more, then transplant into a larger pot. In flowering, the plant will double in size and needs enough room for the root system to completely develop. Don't go too big, about 2 times the size of the pot it's in now. Wait to transplant until the soil is dry on top, moist underneath but not soaked. Too moist and the roots will be fragile, then break from the dirt being heavy. Give her a couple of days to adjust, then switch to 12/12 to flower.
On another note, to prevent bugs make sure your soil isn't contaminated. I've gotten fungus gnats from infected soil, and it was newly purchased too. What I do now, is bake my soil in the oven, lol. I put it in an aluminum foil drip pan thingy, at 375 degrees for about half hour, or until it drys out. Haven't had a problem with bugs since then. Just make sure it cools completely so you don't cook the roots.

Plant looks good to me. Might be getting rootbound like CCC420 suggested. When you switch to flower you can expect it to stretch at least a third of the height, probably more. Really depends on the strain.

plant looks good you can switch to flow whenever you want but if the strain says the plant isnt ready to flower it may stress the plant a bit trying to flower it too immature. there are some good 12/12 from seed threads to check out but they will tell you that they dont have 100% sucess rate due to the early force flowering being too much stress on the plant....but!!! they do have good sucess Del666 is a member who grows 12/12 check out his thread it may help you in your decision.

i would stop the pesticides, transplant her to a bigger pot (5 gal is always best min pot size imho) i tried with smaller pots and messed my plants up took a while for them to recover.

and start with a 1/8 size dose of some good vegg food (high in nitrogen) wich is the first number on the XX-XX-XX scale i used Miracle Grow and semed to be fine a 10-10-10 should be fine just remember to start out with a really small dose and as it may feel like "how the hell can this tiny bit of plant food do anything" it does and you can gradually increase the dosage as you go, over doing it will damage more than under doing it.

how big CAN this plant get, how much space do you have ? if you have the space you will thank yourself for giving it another 3-4 weeks in vegg then sending it into a flower cycle.

also if your going to grow inside i would work on getting a decent light (check out some of the forums on lighting) for flowering and make sure you dont have any light leaks so that the plant is only getting light 12 and COMPLETE dark 12

plant looks healthy, get a good light and u will surly get more than just a doob

good luck hope i could help ya out.

It looks like a nute deficiency. not spider mites. imho.

What if you about 3 weeks into flowering and have seen bite holes in the leaves, I've also seen webs but no signs of the mites, but being so far into flowering what do you do?