Beachwalker
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Morning Fellas......just read through the thread. Thank you to all who've replied.
Beach, I will post an underside of a couple of the worst leaves once lighting is better out there.
I've calmed down some since yesterday (a little green ninja helped a bunch with that ) and a good nights rest. I am leaning towards the neem oil right now. I administered it in the morning and it was dry before the sun came on it, and I used an emulsifier and diluted it really well......but these plants just don't like it (I'm intuiting this?) combined with the other negative commentary here......I should have WAITED for proof of an infestation.
I sat down last night with the plants and told them I was sorry.....and had my jewelers loop and looked around the leaves. These are the pests I was able to find (along with a giant black ant who came crawling out of the soil in one pot----not pictured).
I live smack in the woods. LOTS of other foliage is within 10 feet of my fenced in area. Bugs galore. Humidity galore (at least right now). The thing is.....my friend lives only 15 miles away and he grows trees (but only grows photos and plants in amended soil in ground).
I thought these autos would be a breeze......not so,lol. Every issue is new to me. And since I did--- what I now to believe to be "too much homework" I had all my supplies on hand and felt ready for anything.
From now on I am going to wait for PROOF of an infestation.....not just seeing a few bugs. I guess I was maybe being too proactive here? I just know the clock is ticking on these auto flowers and didn't want it to all get away from me.
After inspecting them.....I misted them off to attempt to cleanse them some (no direct sun). Based on this mornings visual....it didn't help. But maybe my eyes will see something different when I finish my morning coffee.
I have two bubblegum seedlings a few days old in the grow box. Looks like that's a good thing
EDIT: there were only 3 bugs.....the close up of the ugly maggoty looking thing on the paper towel is the one I found crawling on the bag. The really tiny worm and fly were on leaves.
So what I think you have going on and I think you might have seen it yourself at that link I sent you, I think you have both thrips and mitesNow......I DID see very few little webs. Just really a scant amount. But there were also a few black flecks (spider mite poop?). Even so, the massive damage these plants look to have ....hard for me to believe the mites could do that in a few days? but maybe.....anyway, off to see if I can get pics of undersides.
Blurry but I believe this is a thrip
Mister Dirtbag may be the person to speak with about thrips as he helped me cure my issue with them, and I wouldn't be surprised if he could make some recommendations regarding the mites, as I have never successfully defeated mites