Somethings eating my leaf!

[johnou85]

4 week old seedling indoor enclosed in a grow tent,, impossable for slugs or snails to enter and I have throughly searched for flies and there isn't any.

Idea's would be appreciated

Thanks

johnou85 Reviewed by johnou85 on 01-09-2010. Somethings eating my leaf! 4 week old seedling indoor enclosed in a grow tent,, impossable for slugs or snails to enter and I have throughly searched for flies and there isn't any. Idea's would be appreciated Thanks Rating: 5

[mainegrown]

if you are CERTAIN of no bugs then i would imagine
it would have to be leaf rub or you got concentrated nutes on ur baby's
leaves.. both of those have been lil problems for me and both have ..
well not gone away certainly not gotten worse..
thats the best i got for ya right not :stoned:

~MG

[monny10]

I'm Pretty sure nothing's been eating your leaf Johnou!

Sometimes plants throw out some fucked up leaves!

Just like not all people are perfectly symmetrical kinda thing.....

If your 100% sure your room is clean.... dont go trying to fix something that isnt broken... :thumbsup:

Good luck!

[johnou85]

Thanks for the info guys, I'm 99% sure my room is clean, Under the microscope there's nothing anywhere.
Also no evidence of flies, I suppose I was just hoping this isnt the outcome of another defiency

[johnou85]

I spotted a tiny little black fly, How the hell I missed this earlier ill never know!!! Looks more like a small nat but what do i know. Any cheap effective way of killing these off and possibly thier eggs too?

[Herbiculator]

I spotted a tiny little black fly, How the hell I missed this earlier ill never know!!! Looks more like a small nat but what do i know. Any cheap effective way of killing these off and possibly thier eggs too?

My bet is a fungus gnat. I am VERY inexperienced, but I backed off on the amount of watering I was doing when I had them show up. The little bastards didn't survive that and the plants did better than before. A black fly (fungus gnat) wont do anything directly to your leaf, though, as I understand it they (larva) can damage roots.

The other bug I've had was a beetle. Just the one little bugger. I noticed some small leaf gnawing and looked for days to find the cause. It was not too greedy and didn't bring the relatives, but it had to go. It had a wonderful camouflage that blended very nicely with the soil. I found it when it dropped from the plant to the soil. Had I not noticed the motion it would have continued its buffet. I can only imagine it would drop from the plant and remain still on my previous attempts to find it.

Good luck and bounteous harvest to you! :thumbsup: