Purple Red leaves

[SubmarineGirl]

It may be that amazing spider thrip again….

 

[RosterMan]

It may be that amazing spider thrip again….

The dreaded Spider Thrip

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Yes that’s the one

 

[Jan Borrego]

neem in flower makes the weed taste nasty

Yes it does

 

[jxr182]

Yes it does

So no more neem oil It was budding the last time I used it but just barely.

 

[Jan Borrego]

The dreaded Spider Thrip
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I hate bugs that F up my buds especially if they are looking great!

 

[zem]

Back 18 years ago i encountered a kind of a tiny spider like pest that colonized and ate only buds. It was very localized on the bud so much that i left it to eat and then move on. It consumed a very small amount by the end of the cycle and did not spread to the entire grow area. I thought that it should be the dreaded spider mite i always heard about only to find out a few years later that it was not. I still have no clue what it was.

 

[CrashMagnet]

If they really are spider mites, you will be fighting them daily through harvest. Those plants look to be 9+ weeks away from that.

You can make a soap-water-alcohol spray that won't ruin the taste. It's cheap and it will slow the mites down, but it won't take them out completely. I used that and water sprayers to limp some GSC autos to harvest. Not sure I would do it again, though. It would have to be some really good bud : )

 

[jxr182]

Do they look like this
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They are little guys like that, but the ones I'm seeing are either brown or white. I haven't noticed any spotted but I've never seen them blown up like that either. It's funny, I wrote the post initially about my leaves but the bugs took over. That shows how much I know about growing

 

[WeedHopper]

Could be Aphids.

 

[CrashMagnet]

More like this red spider mite? They are on both sides of the leaves...

 

[WeedHopper]

And like Crash said. The spray bottle with a Water, alcohol,and dish soap mixture will kill them and not ruin your weed.
30% water to 70% alcohol mixture with a teaspoon of dish soap.

 

[jxr182]

Well we survived to harvest but just barely. The buds I got looked nice, and they're curing nice (great smell) but I only got less than an ounce. Really sad but given the never-ending bugs I was dealing with I guess I'm lucky I made it to the end. This was from a seed we found in some northern lights we bought so no harm, just the time. I conveniently found another seed in my weed bag last week, no idea what it is, but I'm about to plant it. Will be interesting growing a plant having no idea what it will grow into. Wish me luck and thanks for the help on this one.

 

[Witchking]

Yikes. too many pics of Mites! Hate them bastards.

Ocean forest always made my plants look like fall up north, everytime. I had to quit using it. Its very hot. Happy frog seemed to be a little gentler on the plants.