Is this mite damage?

Havek

Well-Known Member
So my Lemon kush is about 3 weeks into flower. I had a tomato seedling and multiple tobacco seedlings in small seed starters. I also had a clone in a 1l container of dirt with a humidity dome. I pulled off the dome to look at the clone, and I saw multiple white bulbous bugs moving around on the stem. I said oh shit, and disposed of it immediately. Upon closer inspection of my tomato and tobacco, I realised the coco they were in was TEAMING with these little fuckers. I disposed of everything. I couldn't find any on my big plant though. Some leaves look odd though, and putting two and two together, I'm thinking these might be.. mites, lol. Is this mite damage on my leaves?
 

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BurnRide

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They look to big to be mite bites, there usually very small dots, looks like a calcium problem or ovrr fert with the edges like that
 

Havek

Well-Known Member
They look to big to be mite bites, there usually very small dots, looks like a calcium problem or ovrr fert with the edges like that
Specifically the pic on the far right, those are the tinest dots imaginable. I already fixed those other problems, it was a cal/phos def. I'm just talking about the dots. Are spider mites shaped like a light bulb?.. thats what these little assholes look like.
 

cinandme03

Active Member
A good lighted pocket microscope {$12 at Amazon.com} or even a 30x jeweler's loupe {$3 at Amazon.com} will be able to see them easily and there's no mistaking them! You'll need it for harvesting anyways. The small white/yellow spots look like mites. Their eggs are white and the mites are brown/black. Look carefully at the underside of your leaves.
 

NewWorldRecruit

New Member
I am not aware of any white colored bugs of that size. I guess, the white spots you are looking at are the damaged leaf areas, where mites usually pierce the surface to suck out the sap inside. Mites are usually 0.5 mm long with brown to sometimes orange colored body.

cinandme03 is correct in the sense that, you should be looking underneath the leaves for the bugs.
 
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