STRANGE WHITE SPOTS!

[Wobster]

You say that you have always let the water stand to adjust to room temp? Am I right? That would rule out shock from watering with cold water.

The bit about Zinc defficiency and galvanised nails. Well, I just lifted this from somwhere else on the net. I dont know how many nails or how to distribute them in the soil and I would be more inclined to get a bottle of micro-nutrients and use very sparingly. The metals should be readily available to the plant in a solution made for plants.

I would be inclined to change nothing but the water you are using for a week. Every day... note down any changes like new spots. See if the problem is slowing down. Most likley the affected area will not repair itself so its new damage and new growth that you want to keep an eye on.

If you add a bit of this and a bit of that and change a bit of the other, you have no way of knowing what sorted the problem. You will likley be growing weed for years to come and I would love to find the cause of this problem because its so damn strange.

Your pic may be featured in posts for years to come if you can pin-point the cause of it.

Don't get dis-heartened because there is a problem... u are learning every day and it will pay you off ten fold further down the line :dance:

[Greenthing]

Here is some help for zinc problems, I cant remember where i got it from but I don't think the helpfull person that wrote it would be offended that I posted it here.

Zinc gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 5.7-8.5
Zinc is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0-5.5 (Wouldnâ??t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Zinc Deficiency.
Solution to fixing a Zinc deficiency
Any Chemical/Organic nutrients that have potassium in them will fix a Zinc deficiency. (Only mixing at ½ strength when using chemical nutrients or it will cause nutrient burn!)
And any of the following nutrients will fix a zinc deficiency: Zinc sulfate, zinc chelated, or zinc oxides are adequate fertilizer sources for zinc. Or you can bury galvanized nails in the soil. (Make sure you take off the sharp point at the end to prevent roots from being damaged) Garden Manure, which is slow acting. Greensands, Cottonseed Meal are both medium/slow absorption as well.

[mistaswift]

so i need to lower my ph a bit to roughly 6.5?

so for lowering the soil pH are aluminum sulfate and sulfur. These can be found at a garden center it says

and would that correct zince deffincies or should i get the zinc sulphate as well?

[mistaswift]

i mean 6.0 if thats better u think

[hollowcandles]

Here are pictures showing a weeks worth of damage and combat by lady bugs vers Spider mites. another way I believe they are mite are when I sweeze gently the leave between my two fingers a dark green to black streak apears on the bottom finger. I believe this is the squished and feeding mite on the underside of the leaf.

[HymroD]

have 5x clones (Chem Dog) and the bottom bottom leaves show white spots on them...the upper ones look all healthy. What shall I do? Thanks. J.

[HymroD]

so I have identified the 5x clones as being infected with SpiderMites. I am on my 1st cali grow (250w closet, organic soil, van de swann soil a/b) I have 4 nice plants going in 5gals (2x kush from seed, 1x love cheese clone, 1x unknown) and now these 5x damn chem dogs are infected.

I have quarantined them from the garden. Are they a total loss? I have them in like bad-ass 1/2 gal planters with good soil, hydroton top and bottom, is it all infected? Toss the soil? The containers? Plant them at my city park? Are they unsalvageable?

Thanks,

Pe@ce,

HymroD

[HymroD]

Bueller?

Come on now folks...I'm new, closeted, 250w, got 4x babies im gonna post pics I swear some of my plants ,6 inches high with stems like a dime thick.

Ro.

[stra8outtaWeed]

hot shot no pest strips

go get 1 and put in front of a fan and blow air onto the clones and it will kill the mites and anything that hatches :thumbsup:

also neem oil w/some warm water and a drop of dishsoap as a spray will alos help control them!

[HymroD]

hot shot no pest strips

go get 1 and put in front of a fan and blow air onto the clones and it will kill the mites and anything that hatches :thumbsup:

also neem oil w/some warm water and a drop of dishsoap as a spray will alos help control them!

Thanks for the reply. I have heard that NPS is toxic? At any rate my plants are in my closet with open door 4 ft from my bed...I think those strips are out.

Where is a good place to get Neem? How much to ad? Do you know?

Thanks again,

Ro