Marijuana plant problems???

Hi, I have two plants that are flowering and they are both having nutrient deficiency's or a nutrient lockout it looks like. They are both in potting soil, I give them 50% strength Monty's plant food. I give bloom most of the time which is 2-15-14 but sometimes i give growth which is 8-16-8 so they can get the nitrogen needed. i water every morning and give nutrients 5 days a week, I got Epsom salt a couple days ago and put it in the water so maybe that will help. I would test the pH but i don't have a pH meter (yet), I'm not sure if I have a pH issue, a nutrient deficiency, nutrient abundance, or nutrient lockout. I also see a lot of clear/white little bugs in the soil so could I possibly have an aphid infestation? They almost look like little white spiders with a microscope. I really don't want to lose this harvest cause the weed is looking really crystally for some mids lol. Thanks for looking. The plants lower leaves have also been slowly yellowing from the bottom up on both plants but now it's yellowing more rapidly.

Sounds like spider mites. Read up on killing them in flowering.

jordanjordan1997 said:

Hi, I have two plants that are flowering and they are both having nutrient deficiency's or a nutrient lockout it looks like. They are both in potting soil, I give them 50% strength Monty's plant food. I give bloom most of the time which is 2-15-14 but sometimes i give growth which is 8-16-8 so they can get the nitrogen needed. i water every morning and give nutrients 5 days a week, I got Epsom salt a couple days ago and put it in the water so maybe that will help. I would test the pH but i don't have a pH meter (yet), I'm not sure if I have a pH issue, a nutrient deficiency, nutrient abundance, or nutrient lockout. I also see a lot of clear/white little bugs in the soil so could I possibly have an aphid infestation? They almost look like little white spiders with a microscope. I really don't want to lose this harvest cause the weed is looking really crystally for some mids lol. Thanks for looking. The plants lower leaves have also been slowly yellowing from the bottom up on both plants but now it's yellowing more rapidly.

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i don't see any signs of mites but i an only on my phone. Does your dirt ever dry that seems like a lot of watering for soil and i don't think you should be feeding near that often like twice a week tops probably could feed once a week

jordanjordan1997 said:

I also see a lot of clear/white little bugs in the soil so could I possibly have an aphid infestation? They almost look like little white spiders with a microscope. I really don't want to lose this harvest cause the weed is looking really crystally for some mids lol. Thanks for looking. The plants lower leaves have also been slowly yellowing from the bottom up on both plants but now it's yellowing more rapidly.

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i don't see any signs of mites but i an only on my phone. Does your dirt ever dry that seems like a lot of watering for soil and i don't think you should be feeding near that often like twice a week tops probably could feed once a week

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Yes' its dry by the time i water it in the morning, the pots are small I think thats why they need water so much. And there arent mites but there are alot of little bugs in the dirt

Do you have access to any Neem oil?

Probably not right now, especially since i have zero dollars to my name.

Where could i get that at?

ok try mixing a cpl drops of liquid dish soap into your next watering ...make sure its not anti bacterial soap.

still doesnt account for the nute problem and on top of that i didnt see damage on the leaves. just trying to be helpful yo

Do you have a 30x, 40x or 60x loop? On the first pic, top left side there appears to be black bugs, probably spider mites as Joe Blows Trees said... I am battling spider mites now and believe me they suck to have...the soap treatment that Diabolical666 mentions works... Soap & Water - Mix a dilute solution of non anti-bacterial dish soap and water, and spray (fine mist) the leaves of your plant, particularly the underside where the mites like to live. May require multiple applications depending on how well you can cover each individual leaf of the plant. Make sure to rinse off the leaves with plain water 20 minutes after spraying in order to prevent the soap from clogging up the stomata on the leaves, which will stunt plant growth if not cared for. Do this right before or at lights off... I did mine at lights off because I didnt want the lamp frying the plant or drying the soap too fast. I went out and got a Hot Shot no pest strip and hung it above the plants too. Some will say dont use the hot shot, but I decided too and know of others that used them without any issues, its a personal call in my mind. I also had the on a flowering plant, did the same treatment with one small twist, before treating, I used a small vacuum meant for cleaning computers to vacuum the little bastards off the buds so I didnt have to soap them up too much. Keep checking them every day with the loop after you treat them. Going forward I treat my soil before bringing it into the grow room. I am thinking they came in the organic soil I am using. Good luck and I know you can beat them...

I only suggested mites because of what the OP wrote. Hope you solve the problem.

It does look like mite damage, some of his leaves are curling sideways. Even a small colony can sap your plant slowly. The soap dish method can work, I've also tried boiling diced habanero peppers for 20min and spraying that as well as using veggie oil mix with soap and peppermint oil. It smothers the suckers and supposedly leaves a foul taste but I've had to respray after 4-5 days to kill off any hatchlings too. You shouldn't lose the harvest but you have to drown these little bastards out, make sure your grow area is relatively clean too. Mine definitely came in with the dirt I was using and it's a battle to wipe them out without using organic means.

There is absolutely zero bugs on the plant, only in the dirt. Could i use hydrogen peroxide with water and flush it ?

I found a different type of bug in my soil and im 99% sure its called a spring tail, the white bugs i havent been able to identify but they arent spider mites, and they dont necessarily look like aphids either, the look like a white beetle almost and they have two pretty long antennas and it looks like they have 6 legs

Heres a picture of another leaf, its white on top, with black spots on the bottom, and the black spots can be rubbed off it looks like tiny spots of tar, but i looked on the entire plant with a microscope and couldnt find a single insect of any kind, or any webs or anything

I think mine is like x10 or x20, i really dont want to spray my buds with something thats going to have the potential to effect the taste negatively.

If they're mostly in the soil, it could be gnats or other winged insects. Stick pads can help, making sure your soil dries out between watering can help since some insects thrive in the wet soil. Having a small fan blowing air over your plant is actually an effective way to not only keep your leaves from getting bugs but also help dry the top inch of soil quicker. How strong is your microscope/magnifying glass? Mites are tiny and the young ones are almost invisible, once they mature they turn into those black/dark red looking insects on the bottom of your leaves. I've never used hydrogen pyroxide to flush since I grow organically so doing that sounds like a good way to kill soil bacteria if your ratio isn't right. Go easier on your nutes too, if you look at the tip of your leaves and see that burned look to them, it means you're going overboard. Even you're healthier leaves are getting them. I let my soil dry out between watering so I don't water more than twice a week and adjust the amount of water based on the size of the plant.

You could be getting hit by many things in your scenario but it's hard to know what until you start dealing with each thing individually.

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I think mine is like x10 or x20, i really dont want to spray my buds with something thats going to have the potential to effect the taste negatively.

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Most organic ways of dealing with insects won't negatively affect the taste since you're using enzymes and chemicals from plant products that will work on insects rather than hurting your plant. Washing your bud at the end of a grow is a great way to clean off dust, any foliar spraying you may have done and drowning out any unwanted pests you can't see as well.