Pest Spray has burnt my leaves

[tingting1]

Hello All

I have a female outdoor Frisian Dew plant which is starting to go into flowering. It is 3 and a half months old and 4 foot tall and growing!

I noticed a few of the leaves had started to get eaten on the sides so I went to a reliable shop who told me that a product called 'Bug Clear' should do the job. Stupidly today I sprayed it in the full sunshine (was a very hot day today) and I have now noticed that quite a few of the leaves have gone a bit brown/burnt or stained. My question is, how will this effect the plant and is there a better way to solve my pest problem?

I also was wondering how much I should be watering it right now? It's in a 40 liter tub and growing shows no sign of slowing down.

I don't have any photos right now but any feedback would be much appriciated.

PS. This is my 1st grow hence my concern and obsession lol

Many Thanks

tingting1 Reviewed by tingting1 on 07-02-2009. Pest Spray has burnt my leaves Hello All I have a female outdoor Frisian Dew plant which is starting to go into flowering. It is 3 and a half months old and 4 foot tall and growing! I noticed a few of the leaves had started to get eaten on the sides so I went to a reliable shop who told me that a product called 'Bug Clear' should do the job. Stupidly today I sprayed it in the full sunshine (was a very hot day today) and I have now noticed that quite a few of the leaves have gone a bit brown/burnt or stained. My Rating: 5

[crabbyback]

I would say never spray a pesticide on a plant that you are going to ingest at some point. But that is just my "organic" side rising up. And there are many growers on here that would disagree with me and be right (maybe) for their situation.

Do you even know what was eating your plant? Was it even a bug? What kind of damage did you have?

There is a troubleshooting form available at the top of the plant problem forum. Please fill that out and someone will help you diagnose and solve your problem.

[tingting1]

Thanks for your reply. I have no idea what was eating it. The damage was pretty minimal now I come to think of it and I feel like a real idiot for inflicting this much more visible damage on my baby. The side of the leaves looked like that had been eaten by a small pest and small holes were appearing on some of the leaves but I could never really visibly see the pests. The plant still looks healthy enough apart from the brown stains but some of the tips are starting to curl a bit and appear yellow/brown. Original bottom leaves are started to dry and fall off now but I've heard that usual. Thanks once again

[tingting1]

Some pics now attached, feedback much appriciated

[crabbyback]

If you are just starting to flower, I'm not sure how much leaf drop you should be seeing. I don't grow MJ outside, so I'm unsure of how an outside plant behaves at this stage. For an indoor grow, you don't want to be seeing much leaf drop or discoloration at the start of flowering.

The spray damage. Is it only to a few leaves, or the entire plant? And is the damage staying the same or getting worse?

[crabbyback]

I meant to mention that overall you have a very pretty plant, :greenthumb: looks like a sativa.

[tingting1]

Spray damage I would say is about 5% of the plant, ie, only a few leaves + a few of the leaves that have been nibbled on by something! Thanks for your comment. I'm very very happy with it apart from the few things i have mentioned

[crabbyback]

What is that glorious blue flowering plant in the background behind the MJ?

[tingting1]

Hey Crabby

The plant in the background is a Clématis. Pretty indeed!

More pics from today attached. It's still growing and most of it looks healthy enough but I'm still having some issues with discoloration, leaf burn and now curling tips. I've heard the bottom leaves always slowly die and fall off and that it's normal so I'm not worried about that

More pics to follow, let me know what you think

[tingting1]

here you go