Hi All,

Im growing an auto smurfberry (sagarmatha) and I am now 3 weeks in from germination. A few days ago I saw a bright green leafhopper and a fungus gnat (Iā??m pretty sure it was one of those) sitting on the underside of the fan leaves.I didnā??t manage to catch the leafhopper but I killed the gnat. A few hours later I checked and again saw the leafhopper which hopped away before I could kill it. So the next day I bought a pyrethrin based bug killer and killed off another gnat which was resting on the plant. Checked around the closet and sprayed another one in the act of scuttling off. The next day (yesterday) I percieved what I thought to be damage from the bugs and thought nothing of it ā?? spots of varying sizes where it looked like the sap had been sucked out of the leaves. However, today I discovered that the spots are spreading and probably the ones I noticed first are becoming a much more distinct yellow. I have noticed no bugs at all today. Iā??m also noticing what appears to be miniscule specs appearing on the newer leaves, but I canā??t be sure.

After checking around on various forums, I think it is either fungus (could it have been spread from the gnat?) or a deficiency of some kind.

I have been using standard garden centre compost and watering every now and then when it gets dry. Although I watered it a bit more lately. No nutes at all given yet, and I have bio-bizz bloom ready for when it flowers. Should I be feeding it nutes now? On the packet it says there is enough nutes to sustain a plant for 4-6 weeks but I'm not sure if I trust that.

So what do you think?

Thanks for any help you can give me!
elphex Reviewed by elphex on . spreading yellow spots - fungus? deficiency? bug damage? Hi All, Im growing an auto smurfberry (sagarmatha) and I am now 3 weeks in from germination. A few days ago I saw a bright green leafhopper and a fungus gnat (Iā??m pretty sure it was one of those) sitting on the underside of the fan leaves.I didnā??t manage to catch the leafhopper but I killed the gnat. A few hours later I checked and again saw the leafhopper which hopped away before I could kill it. So the next day I bought a pyrethrin based bug killer and killed off another gnat which was Rating: 5