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steezyd
05-30-2012, 05:55 AM
about to start my flush and came across a new pest type, I think there thrips or aphids but im not sure, the only two plants that had them real bad had slime trails on some of the leaves too. anyone have experience with these?284806284807
steezyd
05-31-2012, 04:24 PM
No one huh? Not even the weez knows? I made a neem oil solution but I didnt fully spray, I just wiped the undersides of most of the leaves, but I still dont know what they are exactly.
killerweed420
06-02-2012, 10:59 PM
Any webs associated with this outbreak. Just spraying water on the underside of the leaves will slow them down. Its a pretty bad outbreak. I would doubt you're going to be able to save the crop. You might just be best to whack it all down, bug bomb the shit out of the room and start again.
steezyd
06-03-2012, 08:56 PM
No its not spidermites, there are no webs at all, just little cluster colonys under the leaves,the leaves from the pictures were by far the worst(only 4 or so), so I cut all the really bad ones off, rubbed a real light neem solution on the other exposed leaves and lowered the temp from 76-77 to about 70-72 during day hours, I think i have a slight ant problem as well, because I see them every now and again...so all those factors have led me to believe these are aphids,I just started to see them at flush so everything is already done developing & im already 5 days into flush, Im gonna go another five and just be vigilant, then ill bomb everything and clean it out. thanks
Weezard
06-03-2012, 09:29 PM
Those are aphids.
The ants bring them.
They are a small deal.
Squish all that you can see with your green thumb.
Hardly ever have to poison them.

Put tanglefoot around the base of the stem outdoors.
That stops the ants from bringing more.
And dryer sheets on the soil surface indoors.
That stops the flying aphids.

Enjoy.

Aloha,
Weezard
steezyd
06-04-2012, 11:12 PM
I actually happened to have some dryer sheets laying around so I put them on like you said, and I'm gonna pick up some tangle foot anyways because Ive been meaning to add that to my arsenal, thanks weez