Please help advice needed

[MiamigroX]

Hi all this is my second grow. Im growing outdoors and the soil im using is Fox Farm Ocean Forest. I have not started any type of nutes yet. Please if you have seen this before tell me what I can do to prevent it from spreading all over the plant thanks.

MiamigroX Reviewed by MiamigroX on 11-24-2010. Please help advice needed Hi all this is my second grow. Im growing outdoors and the soil im using is Fox Farm Ocean Forest. I have not started any type of nutes yet. Please if you have seen this before tell me what I can do to prevent it from spreading all over the plant thanks. Rating: 5

[Slevinkal]

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It's a leaf miner.

[MiamigroX]

Thx for the help does anyone know if it will spread to the other leaves and eventually ruin the plant?

[Slevinkal]

Thx for the help does anyone know if it will spread to the other leaves and eventually ruin the plant?

The only thing I know bout em is whats posted in the link I gave ya.

Just from that sounds to me its a pretty minor and easily correctable prob that doesn't become plant-wide very easily...

Im by far no expert on the sub though, I'd google the hell outta it :jointsmile:

[oldhaole]

Leaf miners go after the bottom leaves as a rule. That doesn't mean you won't see one or two higher up on the plant, but that is usually few and far between. They will not attack flowers, and I consider them to be an inconvience, rather than something that will wreck your plant. If you want to you can nip the leaf off.

Of all the pests out there, leaf miners do very little damage to the leaf. Just the little tunnel they feed on. I've never seen swarms of them, just one or two here and there. I just ignore them. They eat very little, and as your plant grows it will leave them behind.

I'm only guessing here, but I think they originate as eggs in the soil. Once They are in their little tunnels I don't think they go up the plant. They mature and drop to the soil. By that time the plant has grown enough and they can't reach the new leaves so that means they must look for another seedling to mine.

You could spray them and kill them, but I don't want to spray my seedlings. In this case I think the cure is worse than the desease.

Just my $.02

[MiamigroX]

Thx everyone who took the time to help me find a solution to the problem. Im going to do what oldhaole suggested. Ignore it and later on maybe even clip the leaf. Again thanks everyone

[Slevinkal]

THIS MIGHT SHED A LITTLE LIGHT

Today is actually the first I've hear of LM's. Nice to know though