Yellow Spots, holes in new growth, Looks Like Bug Damage, But no bugs

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

guys something is happening to my plants and I cant figure it out, usually I dont have any problem where I live growing but this year is pretty bad, I have three ladies, one of them is a durgamata and the other two are random seeds that seem to look like they are related.

now heres my problem, at first I noticed the older leaves started getting holes in them like something was eating it, I looked and looked but I cant find any bugs, I grow these outdoors and bring them in at night, hopefully this is a nute deficiency and not a lost cause.

I was going to let it go but I looked under the big leaves at the new growth and the leaves are coming out very yellow and thin, it doesnt look good at all.

any help would be awesome guys, I was here a few years back so Im not a noob please help

what do you guys suggest I do?

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

its happening to all the plants, I dont want to lose these ladies.

fdd2blk · Jul 17, 2010

that looks like "thrips". they are bugs and they are eating your leaves.

jondamon · Jul 17, 2010

Picture 6 is spider mite damage.

the holes in the leaves look like something is feasting on your beauties. Possibly Caterpillars or something similar.

Spider mites are microscopic little bugs that live on the underside of your leaves.
You may need a jewellers loop to be able to see them.

You could also try spraying them down with neem spray.

You could also make some kind of bug net screen to try and stop them from getting to your ladies.

Another thing is to find as many ladybugs as you can and put them on your girls.

J

jondamon · Jul 17, 2010

fdd2blk said:
that looks like "thrips". they are bugs and they are eating your leaves.

Agreed could also be thrips.

You could try neem spary which retards the growth of Thrips.

Something else which also works really well is SPINOSAD otherwise known as Monteray garden insect spray.

Hope this has helped you out some.

J

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

thank you very much guys, I will look into the prescribed sprays, I went out there to look for these thrips and wouldnt you know I seen one, didnt think anything of it, they are actually quite big, I know something was nibbling on em

jondamon · Jul 17, 2010

thrips usually leave little silver scratches on your leaves and are approx 5mm in length.

If you google thrips you will see a pic of them. Something else to check is whether when you water anything comes up from your soil to say hello.

If you have thrips you will usually see there little larvae in the soil that jump around.

If you have anything in your soil you can use SPINOSAD as a spray for your soil.

J

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

I found one of these on the leaves, I believe it is a pupae of the thrips, I removed the leaves with the major white spots on them and I seen it under the leaf, just posting this for future reference

meezy4tw · Jul 17, 2010

yup you found em. Now you gotta get rid of em. Be sure to run the leaves between your fingers in order to kill eggs and bugs on them as well as spraying some neem or spinosad.

skunkmeister · Jul 17, 2010

That's interesting. I had the same exact symptoms of this. Except mine was not enough nutes and low pH deficiency. My new growth now looks healthy.

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

I am still going to give it a little food, sometimes really stinky plants that are unhealthy are very susceptible to this.

I am happy you guys eased my mind, thought this one durgi seed was just gonna crap out on me, should of seen this strain go wooooooo

short compact easy to grow , kick ass stone, lets get some meds on her and we'll see how she goes.

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 17, 2010

meezy4tw said:
Be sure to run the leaves between your fingers in order to kill eggs and bugs on them as well as spraying some neem or spinosad.

thats actually a really good tip, thank you !

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 21, 2010

hey guys an update, she looks like shes coming back, havent seen any thrips for a bit since I treated it, I also gave it some bio weed to help snap it back so it can help fight off any new attacks, its looking pretty good now.

ps I removed all leaves that had the white spots, I trimmed back alot of leaves to help it bounce back after giving it some food. hope this helps someone else in the long run

Hip Hop Grower · Jul 27, 2010

update : coming along nicely I say

Hip Hop Grower · Aug 1, 2010

update more pics, the ladies bounced right back and off they go

fdd2blk · Aug 1, 2010

looking very nice. :cool:

los0420 · Apr 9, 2012

i have the same problem in a room full of plants only a few have it and i looked for hours with two types of scopes and i cant find a single bug help

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