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DariaFarms
DariaFarmsstarted grow question 3 months ago
Hi, I have a 11 day old seedling autoflower that I noticed has some weird striped markings and damage on it's leafs and today I also saw 2 tiny dark dots sitting on it. Does this look like the early stages of spider mites or is this something else?
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Leaves. Color - Pale
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modmyplants
modmyplantsanswered grow question 3 months ago
Could be pests or just nothing. You could check the backside of the leaves and use a lamp to shrine through the leaf, look for small moving things then. Preferably in combination with a microscope. Hit me up via Pn if you have more question. I like to help 👌
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 months ago
"Simon 420", a question or two below your question has posted pictures of leaves that show damage similar to what spider mite can do to leaves, it may be worth checking them out for future reference.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 months ago
Those marks on the leaves are not spider mite caused or signs of spider mites., they can be caused by water on the leaves and sometimes also be just normal "blemishes".........no plant will ever have 100% perfect leaves, 100% of the time. Spider mite damage generally looks like tiny yellow/white dots everywhere the mites have sucked the sap out of the leaf. The little black dots are not spider mites either, mites will scoot around and leave webs behind. The dots are hard to identify in the pictures...........if there are only one or two, just squash them. No need to poison your baby plant with sprays because you imagine there is some sort of major plague attack going to happen.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3 months ago
Pest can be super tiny but if you are truly worried. I would do a neem oil mixture treatment on it. Spray on everywhere. I let it sit about 30 mins then rinse off. Then repeat treatment in about 4 days. This generally breaks any pest cycles
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Lerome
Leromeanswered grow question 3 months ago
Not easy to tell from the pictures, could be, could also be thripse. Have you checked the underside of the leafs? Its good to get some kind of magnifying device like macroscope to tell safely whats going on here. Spider mites are in fact small spiders and will make webs similar to their big relatives.
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