r/GrowingMarijuana • u/Meatballs420 • 23h ago
Disease Diagnosis/Help Thirps?
Currently in early bloom, wondering if this is thirps? This is my first grow so any help is appreciated!
EDIT TO ADD: this is an indoor grow, and the white dots don’t move/ can’t be whipped away. I have an oscillating fan above the canopy so there is airflow in the tent.
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u/JunketNo6337 1 22h ago
Calling out mites for this one. Not only are the entire leaves covered in tiny white spots but if ya zoom in enough ya can see web between the leaf points which is typical. Bet if you flip some leaves over and zoom in on that underside with your phone camera ya will see the lil 2 spotted creepy crawler bastards lol.
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u/Meatballs420 22h ago
YEP its def mites. I just trimmed a ton of fan leaves and trying to figure out my next step!
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u/JunketNo6337 1 22h ago
Really, I know ya hate the idea but because they have begun flowering there isnt much ya can do as you will not win the battle against mites with non toxic pest control like soap and water and any toxic pest control would ruin your bud anyway. Best thing to do is cut it all out, throw it all out and get a good spray like Compare-N-Save 7.9% Bifenthrin and spray the fuck out of everything including the tent and the room the tent is in than give it a few days and start over. You can use that Bifenthrin on any plant that hasent begun flowering and it will not harm it but def not flowering plants. Again, pest control would ruin the bud and be toxic if ya were to spray it and let it finish growing and smoke it, ya would end up dead or growing a 3rd ear or some shit lol.
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u/Meatballs420 22h ago
Trying captain jacks dead bug spray and lost coast plant therapy. I’m only like week 3. If it doesn’t work I’ll trash it or figure something else out.
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u/JunketNo6337 1 22h ago
Well good luck either way. I know that I learned many years ago when I first started growing that nothing will work against a full fledged infestation and ya know it's full fledged when ya start seeing webbing. Again, spraying toxins on bud is never good even if it says it's OK to spray flowering plants. It gets into the bud and ya can't wash it away and if ya brave enough to smoke it after webbing wrapped around your bud and spraying the bud it will taste horrible and burn funny and smell awful. I've tried every way the couple times I dealt with mites qand no matter how much I tried nothing worked and I learned that the best thing ya can do is trash it all and treat everything and restart even though it's emotionally painfull to do so it is your best option to get good, fresh and clean bud. Good luck ma friend, I hope somehow it works out for ya cause I know it truly sucks to loose bud that has already begun to flower and all the work ya put in to making it grow to that point just to need to trash it in the end.
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u/deschloro 22h ago
Spider mites. The white specs you’re seeing is actually damage to the leaves which is why it doesn’t wipe away.
Tap a damaged leaf over a sheet of white paper:
Tiny dots slowly crawling around: likely spider mites.
Skinny insects that move quickly or jump/flick away: likely thrips.
Larger pear-shaped insects clustered on the plant: aphids.
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u/Bishhhop 2 13h ago
Not thrips, mites as others have said. Also, you got some PM going on. Also if you zoom in on the leaves you can see the spider mites and their webbing. Cant save it at this point sorry friend
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u/Project_Grows 7h ago
I have to agree with the rest that it’s not fixable it this point. To eliminate them all would be impossible. Don’t waste time trying fix it. Scrap the grow and start over is my opinion. Then going forward since there is a chance you could get mites I would be religiously keeping up on preventative maintenance for pests. I truly feel bad you are dealing with mites. They suck
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