This little lady has bugs!!

[Oliver Jenkins]

This girl possibly has bugs. She is the only one out of 11 so far. I have thoroughly examed her and the other and did not see any, but I don't know what else it can be. I am going to the nursery and WalMart today. Any suggestions on a cheap and effective treatment?
Thanks

 

[Pureblood89]

neem is 100% organic and works very well, 1 tsp per quart, feed before the lights come on or a few minutes before they shut off... it kinda looks like some sort of deficiency, pic 4 shows a clear nitrogen def on the lowest leaf on the left.

 

[Oliver Jenkins]

neem is 100% organic and works very well, 1 tsp per quart, feed before the lights come on or a few minutes before they shut off... it kinda looks like some sort of deficiency, pic 4 shows a clear nitrogen def on the lowest leaf on the left.

Thanks!! Any suggestions on a nitrogen solution? I am doing 12/12 FS, they are in Foxfarms ocean soil, and so far I have been giving them FF Bloom and Tiger's blood. She is about 4 weeks old.

 

[RIKNSTEIN]

Do not water or feed or anything with the lights on...It looks to me like you spilled some water/nutes on her with the lights on...any moisture will act like a magnifying glass and burn your leaves just like that...g/l

 

[Pureblood89]

Grow Big as part of the FF line up, I add Botanicare Cal-Mag+ every time I get the soil wet, it's 2-0-0 and has a fuck ton of micro nutes.

 

[Pureblood89]

when I said feed, I meant foliar feed, don't add neem to the soil

 

[LadyZandra]

That doesn't look like insect damage-- looks like contact burn OR a deficiency-- it is all in the margins between the veins- so could very well be a micro-nute issue... what do you feed them and at what dose /how often?

And yes- if you get water on your plants - pull them out from under the lights till they dry-- if you splash nute solution on them- then pull them from under the lights and spritz them down with plain water... When dry- put them back under the lights

 

[RIKNSTEIN]

neem is 100% organic and works very well, 1 tsp per quart, feed before the lights come on or a few minutes before they shut off... it kinda looks like some sort of deficiency, pic 4 shows a clear nitrogen def on the lowest leaf on the left.

Don't forget to add an emulsifier to that neem oil...I use an organic dish soap, which is what the directions call for, and I use it once a week as a preventitive, to water them and spray their leaves, I don't use in flower...and everyone puts down MG products so I won't recommend any nutes...lol..I use MG soil, MG perlite, and MG nutes all the way through...

 

[RIKNSTEIN]

when I said feed, I meant foliar feed, don't add neem to the soil

Neem oil works from inside the plant to deter bugs from eating it...so I recommend that you DO water them as well as a foliar spray, I haven't had bugs of any kind since I started feeding them neem and they seem to like it...alot...g/l

 

[Oliver Jenkins]

Thank you so much for the input!! That is why I read this forum!!
Anyways I kind of doubted bugs , but didn't know what else to think. I do agree it is some kind of deficiency, or it is a good possibility that I did leave water on the leaves. I did a nitrogen PH test on the soil and it is reading high (, but I don't really trust this test kit I bought. It was only $10 and is the kind that you add the soil and water and the capsule.

 

[Oliver Jenkins]

Do not water or feed or anything with the lights on...It looks to me like you spilled some water/nutes on her with the lights on...any moisture will act like a magnifying glass and burn your leaves just like that...g/l

Thank you! I am guilty, I did water them with nutrients right before I turned off the lights. I told myself that a few minutes of light exposure would do no harm. Boy was I wrong!!

 

[Pureblood89]

Just remember, no matter how benine, the insecticide will slow down growth just a little.

 

[Oliver Jenkins]

Just remember, no matter how benine, the insecticide will slow down growth just a little.

Thanks! I will keep that in mind.

 

[Oliver Jenkins]

That doesn't look like insect damage-- looks like contact burn OR a deficiency-- it is all in the margins between the veins- so could very well be a micro-nute issue... what do you feed them and at what dose /how often?

And yes- if you get water on your plants - pull them out from under the lights till they dry-- if you splash nute solution on them- then pull them from under the lights and spritz them down with plain water... When dry- put them back under the lights

I water them every 2-2 1/2 days, I am the desert and they dry out quick. I feed them nutrients every other water. I used 2 TBSP of Big Bloom and 2 tsp of Tiger's Blood per gallon of water.