help....

[MaRiAh]

[align=center]1 of my plants has a bud on it with holes in the new leaves around the bud... they look kinda like chewed holes
but none of the other plants have that...... what could b wrong with my plant????....... any help greatly appreciated!

also theres a bunch of little brown fly thingys that are about a 1mm they have been there since the plants were like a week old..... they never hurt the plants yet... i think theyre fruit flies.....[/align]

MaRiAh Reviewed by MaRiAh on 04-08-2006. help.... 1 of my plants has a bud on it with holes in the new leaves around the bud... they look kinda like chewed holes but none of the other plants have that...... what could b wrong with my plant????....... any help greatly appreciated! :) also theres a bunch of little brown fly thingys that are about a 1mm they have been there since the plants were like a week old..... they never hurt the plants yet... i think theyre fruit flies..... Rating: 5

[turtle420]

Ahaha!!! Such a constructive post... funny!

You have some pests... those are the little 1mm animals. Try and search these threads for "pests" and solutions.

It has a hole in the bud? They flowering already? How many days into flowering?

[MaRiAh]

Ahaha!!! Such a constructive post... funny!

You have some pests... those are the little 1mm animals. Try and search these threads for "pests" and solutions.

It has a hole in the bud? They flowering already? How many days into flowering?

[align=right]... constructive???? O.o what do u mean by that?....


my dad thinks that there are mites or something but i think its gnats..... cept im not sure O.o

the holes are in the leaves around the bud.... only the new leaves....

they have been slowly growing buds for like uh...... 3 weeks now i think
the plants are like 3-4 months old.... i planted them around christmas[/align]

[turtle420]

Constructive?

Pink letters. Funky word placement... Constructive.

Nothing bad there! Keep it up, it brings some "flavor" to the boards.

What lights are you using? Are the lights running in a 12/12 schedule? Any pictures possible?

Best,

-turtle420
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[MaRiAh]

[align=center]i dont have the right lights.... but the plants are like 3 feet tall now....
the light i am using right now is a 500 watt halogen and they go on at 11am and off at 11pm.... this is my first grow so its pretty much just an experiment but i wouldnt want the past while of looking after the plants to turn out to be a complete waste of time.... not that i dont have tons of time to waste but yah....
i could try to scan the leaf..... but i dont think it would work.....[/align]

[turtle420]

Nah, don't worry with the leaf-scanning.

Um... can you put more lights into it?
Fluorescents... if possible.

Halogen is really not the best... but, oh well... they're 3 feet tall already.
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Well, search for "pests"... there are many remedies... and description of the bugs... so you'll be able to pin-point what you have in there... then, ATTACK!

[LIP]

Halogens are crap for growing... I bet your plants are stretched? Any pics?

You need to get some CFL's...

As for pests all i can think of is them little bugs... And they're eating the new growth?

Google it and try and find out how to cure the problem without damaging the plants in this VERY gental stage of its life... Dont wanna stress it

[MaRiAh]

yah theyre stretched....
i cant get any diff lights cuz my mom wont buy any and i have no money as i am 14 -.-
so halogen will have to do.
yah theyre eating the new growth and theyre now on like 3 plants..... wtf....
i have already googled it but couldnt find anything useful cuz they didnt have any pics of an infested plant that i could compare to mine to try and see what they have....

[rodekyll]

If you're sure there's not little critters hiding on those chewed leaves, you have to assume it's the little files. You might want to pick one and look it completely over with a strong lens just to be sure there's not crawly little mites or something there. Tiny black flies seem to be common in indoor gardens, but I've never heard of the ones I'm thinking about actually bothering anything.

Without knowing what they are it might be hard to kill them off, and during bud especially, you don't want to dose the plants with insecticide. You'll be smoking it soon. . . I'm an advocate of flypaper as a passive "control" (not eradication) technique. It's cheap, environmentally friendly, and works pretty good even when you're not there. The strips in my grow area are fuzzy with all kinds of little bugs. There's another kind of flypaper that essentially sits in front of a nite lite. It works best at night and also seems to attract a crapload of little bugs. I'm not sure it's suitable for a grow room though.

Are you spraying the plants with water or nutes? Is there dripping condensation ever? Those things can contribute to burning holes through the plants, although the telltale there is often brown spotting.

If your mom is being cool about you growing at all, you're right -- stick with the halogen bulb. Don't push her good will by asking for more $$. But if you could somehow come up with a more efficient light source (read discussions) everyone (esp the plants) would come out ahead.

Good luck!

[busteruk7]

try and get ya mum to get ya a red spectrum envirolite that will do nicely a 200w if possible and tell her she will save a hell of a lot on electric as it is an energy saving lamp too it will save her money in the long run
cheers hope this helps