First Grow, Bubblelicious.

[JohanD420]

Some of my plants leaves have started to show some sort of spots. I'm thinking maybe it's a nutrient problem. I will fill the troubleshooter out in a bit. Here's a pic to show what it's looking like. In case anyone can diagnose off-hand.

[JohanD420]

E-Indoor
E-Soil
E-I'm using a soil mix 2 parts Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure .05-.05.-05 1 part Promix ultra organic sea based compost with AVEC, and 1 part Perlite.
SCLR - 6.6
E- Tap
E - source PH 6.7
E-Flower 37 Days
E-Fox Farms Tiger Bloom
E-1 tsp per gallon every 3 days.
E-400w HPS about 6 inches away
E-I run the lights at night. Temps are between 70 and 80 degrees.
E-50-63 % RH
E-Lighting schedule - 12h on 12h off
E-Type of ventilation your growbox has - 100 CFM inline can fan for exhaust, Passive intake.

[Italiano715]

E-Indoor
E-Soil
E-I'm using a soil mix 2 parts Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure .05-.05.-05 1 part Promix ultra organic sea based compost with AVEC, and 1 part Perlite.
SCLR - 6.6
E- Tap
E - source PH 6.7
E-Flower 37 Days
E-Fox Farms Tiger Bloom
E-1 tsp per gallon every 3 days.
E-400w HPS about 6 inches away
E-I run the lights at night. Temps are between 70 and 80 degrees.
E-50-63 % RH
E-Lighting schedule - 12h on 12h off
E-Type of ventilation your growbox has - 100 CFM inline can fan for exhaust, Passive intake.

Do you ever flush in between waterings? If not, that may be your problem. You don't want to give nutes every time you go to water. You only want to give them nutes every other watering. If you do it every time you will build up the salts in the soil which can lead to lockout as well as a nute problem. Try giving them a nice flush the next watering with just Ph corrected water and see if that helps any. Remember you won't be able to change the look of the already damaged leaves, but it should subside and the new growth should look fine.

[greenatik]

looks like spider mite damage to me? check the bottom of the leaves very carefully with a magnifying glass. if its mites you need to act quick. let us know

[JohanD420]

It's Mites, I can see them. I put up a bug strip, maybe that will catch some, but the plants are infested with them. I'm going to the store this morning to pick up this:

1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/2 cup Apple Cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 drops dish detergent
1/4 Teaspoon Epsom Salts

Take a cup of very hot water and dissolve the epsom salts, take rest of ingredients and place in a clean 2 liter bottle and let work out. Add epsom solution. Add water to fill to 48ozs(3/4 full).Shake well.

TO USE: Cover soil/medium with plastic,with lights off mist plant all over,especialy under leaves,
Wait 20 mins,then spritz off with clean fresh water shaking as much water off plant as you can.
The fresh water spritz rinse will remove the solution along with the desolved remains of the mites and their eggs.

I'll try this when I get home from work.
I should have bought some Neem, I'm gonna pay for it now. I'm afriad to bomb the place because I'm already a month into flower. Hopefullly the method above works enough to save them and salvage some sort of crop.

[JohanD420]

Well, I tried the spray but it really didn't kill them, there are just so many under all the leaves that I feel that spray is going to be fruitless at this point. So I was forced to take drastic measures. I went to day and bought a NO BUG strip and put it on top of the light right before the night cycle. I plan to leave it there for 12hrs and then take it out tomorrow while the fans run. Then I'll leave it in another 12hrs tomorrow during night cycle. I think that's about as much risk as I'm willing to take with the toxins. I'll wash them with a spray afterward and try to get the dead mites, eggs and left over toxin residue off. I'm sure new eggs will hatch but maybe this will provide enough relief that the problem will be under control until harvest, and maybe get them down to a scale where natural spray will actually work. I'll have at least 4 weeks to let the toxins dissipate before smoking.
Up until recently until I got my vaporizer I smoked cigs and my wife made a good point saying "you've probably been smoking that stuff all along in cigs cause I'm sure the tobacco companies use pesticides." You know I suppose two wrongs don't make a right but she's probably correct in that assumption. What a wake up call for pest deterrent, I won't be making this mistake again.

[JohanD420]

I've finally got the mites under control, although they were able to do a lot of damage I think things are going to be OK. I won't get nearly the yield I was hoping for but lessons had to be learned and I'll be better for it in the long run.

Here's a few picks of the plants on day 45 of Flower.

[Shovelhandle]

very cool that you got it under control the first time out. next time you'll be right on it. I used Safer insecticidal soap for plants (organic and good for you too). I would not use the pest strips, myself. Read the warnings.

GL with your bubblegum grow, it's one of my favs. I have a male going now for breeding with a nice hybrid that is very similar to BG.