tiny little holes on the leaves of my outdoor think different plants what is causing this?

eugene b

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i have an out door grow 5 plants, the think different hive tiny little holes on the leaves, there are no signs of insects the outside of the leaves are not affected i will post a photo that shows the problem any help would be gratefull.2010-06-21153925.jpg
 

bbens69

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Will see tiny black and or white spots. They will kill your plants. Can make a mix to spray, take a tsp or 5 ml Peroxide like you use on a cut to a quart of water. Spray tops & bottoms of entire plant. Or a hot pepper mix can be made or bought to keep it Organic :~}
 

eugene b

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Will see tiny black and or white spots. They will kill your plants. Can make a mix to spray, take a tsp or 5 ml Peroxide like you use on a cut to a quart of water. Spray tops & bottoms of entire plant. Or a hot pepper mix can be made or bought to keep it Organic :~}
u think spider mites...omg this is not soo good i have five plants 1 week into bud...peroxide like in hair die and will this hurt the plants?
 

bbens69

Active Member
Peroxide is natural, its in almost all living things. The Peroxide you get by medical supplies in a food store. Its cheap. Will not hurt plants in a mild solution like I mentioned. Google it, lots of growers like myself use it regularly
 
Ouch... That's nasty man, I know the feel...

Bben's is right, hydrogen peroxide is excellent as a deterrent for these creatures. However, you might want to consider a follow-up application conisisting of the following:

1 tsp Dr Bronner's Magic Soap, Pepperment
1 tsp ORGANIC vegetable oil (canola, anything works)

Put that in a gallon jug of water, mix well, put in your sprayer and get it going. Since you're so early into flowering, spraying this solution won't harm the taste or quality of your buds, but it will dry out those little shits hardcore. I would use the peroxide and a few days later follow it up with this peppermint solution. Make sure you spray thoroughly, especially on the underside of the leaves where they like to hide, but don't soak the plant too much, just a nice misting. Continue that pattern until the spider mites are gone or you see real buds forming, and maybe lay off the pepperiment and focus more on the hydrogen and some plain water mistings. Also, little tip, before you spray you should shake your plants a little to make some of the mites fall off, or even use a vacumm cleaner (if it'll reach outside) with a soft brush attachment to suck some up, and then apply your spray. Isn't going to make a drastic difference, but it'll help.

Also, look into predatory mites that eat these nasty shits, they're a little on the expensive side (I think it's like 50 bucks for a suitable amount if I'm not mistaken). They're better for indoors, but they'll definitely assist you outside too.
 

thegreensurfer

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Before you go spraying anything....Did you recently move from indoor to outdoor?
Same holes happened to me when I moved them outdoors....it happened on new shoot tips then they grew out and resembled yours....not sure if it was light damage when foliar sprayed in full sun since water tends to pool in the new shoot areas, or light stress...but the new growth came in fine after that
The holes seem to have a pattern to them that isn't consistent with pest damage
 
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