White Spots and Yellow/Brown tips [PICS]

burjzyntski

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Okay, so this plant has encountered the usual yellowing of the bottom leaves, but in my attempts to counteract this, I think I did something that caused the leaves to develop brown spots that shrunk and turned into white spots.

I don't think this is a Calcium lockout, as I've been using 100% organic soil (compost from home) which I added some crushed eggshells to (along with other things, when I was trying to stop the yellowing).

I added some fresh-cut greens a couple of days ago (to add more Nitrogen) and two days later the spots developed.

I don't think the spots are due to excessive heat, too much/little water, or too many nutrients; I think I just accidentally provided some bugs with the ideal home...:-(

I haven't seen them, but I read that spider mites form small webs around the roots which cut down on circulation and cause spotting on the leaves, so I think they might have something to do with it.

If anybody has experienced anything like this, how do I fix or get rid of whatever caused this problem?
 

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burjzyntski

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How safe is it to spray a plant with soapy water + vinegar solution to remove spider mites?

Isn't vinegar much too acidic (pH=~2.5) to add to the soil? Does the alkalinity of the soap cancel this out?

I've never intentionally put soap or vinegar on any plant, so I'm a bit reluctant to do this unless I'm sure it will solve my spider mite infestation.

Thank you to anyone that answers.
 

forestgreen

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I'm having some similar issues. Sorry, dont have anything to offer, but an answer would be cool from someone who knows.
 

smokertoker

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It does sound like spider mites. Get some triacide (spelling) or some other insecticide that is for use in gardens that kills spider mites.
 

smokertoker

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It may also just be a retart. I've had a plant that looked F*d up it's whole life it would put out good looking leaves and as they got older they would first get rust looking spots then the spots/areas would just dry out, still got about an oz off of it. It was grown hydro and all of the others where fine, until the mites came before I had any insecticides.
 
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