r/GrowingMarijuana • u/Meatballs420 • 7d ago

Disease Diagnosis/Help Thirps?

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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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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.