Bubblegum Clone 2019 (I)

Day 56 since being cloned..... thats the extent of the good news. The bad news: this plant was infested in spider mites. I say was, because I think I will inevitably be victorious. For treatment, see below. You can’t really see in the first entry because I had watered the clone and then did my updates. In the very next week, you can see white spotting on lower leaves. These hitchhikers have been here for a long time! I have conferred with my source and they were likely stowaways before my tent. All through the fungus gnat infestation they sat under the radar. They were probably contained with the fungus gnat spraying. If you have ever done alot of cloning but especially monster crop cloning, sometimes you see funky, mutated growth. For most of this experience I thought the spotting was just funky growth. When I defoliated it became obvious. This may explain some of the slow cloning and growth. Spider mites automatically trigger contamination contingency plans. I defoliated much of the effected leavesI sprayed the plant with 99% ethanol for a couple days, especially the undersides of the leaves. Die, die, die! You can see what I have to assume are dead mites and eggs in some of the photos. I have saturated the plant with spray and will continue for some time. Be thorough and consistent. The only real side effect with the ethanol is brown splotches on the leaves where the alcohol doesn’t evaporate fast enough. I am either being adequately reactive and have solved the issue, or a damn fool for keeping Bubblegum.