Did a bug did this?

Fro5ty · Dec 18, 2021

All plants also have some twisted leafs here and there. I thought it was because of windburn. But this seems to be the work of a bug. I changed the water in my rdwc yesterday. Maybe it's related to that?

PK1 · Dec 18, 2021

use some sticky traps around the grow area so it sticks to it when their walking around. i would hang a few around the plant too. Usually the area between the light and the plant.

mysticepipedon · Dec 18, 2021

That would be a fairly sizable critter if it was made by a bug, like a grasshopper or caterpillar. Caterpillars would leave a lot of evidence — plenty of local damage and caterpillar poop below it.

If it's a big critter, you will see more damage soon.

Fro5ty · Dec 18, 2021

mysticepipedon said:
That would be a fairly sizable critter if it was made by a bug, like a grasshopper or caterpillar. Caterpillars would leave a lot of evidence — plenty of local damage and caterpillar poop below it.

If it's a big critter, you will see more damage soon.

Could pH or a nutrition deficiency/toxicity do this kind of damage?

mysticepipedon · Dec 18, 2021

Fro5ty said:
Could pH or a nutrition deficiency/toxicity do this kind of damage?

None that I know of. It looks like either physical damage or for some reason or another, it grew weirdly.

Monitor the situation. If nothing else happens, you don't have a giant pest stalking your grow.

GanjaJack · Feb 7, 2022

I had that happen on one of my plants, it was from the light making a hot spot off of the reflector...... Sometimes it burns the leaf, sometime it deforms it because of the light intensity at the edge of the leaf, so it burns it, like putting a lighter to a piece of flat paper, the edge burns before the rest of the paper will.

In my opinion......

GanjaJack · Feb 7, 2022

Heres an example on one of my plants. its just the one leaf and not the entire plant, nothing to worry.

Homesteader · Feb 7, 2022

I think the leaf curl and half leaf development issue has to do with pH and magnesium getting jostled. In the past I experimented with apple cider vinegar and the quick pH jump seemed to trigger those spun leaves that dont quite develop correctly on one side. I could be wrong but I don't think those are a result of bugs.

GanjaJack · Feb 7, 2022

Homesteader said:
I think the leaf curl and half leaf development issue has to do with pH and magnesium getting jostled. In the past I experimented with apple cider vinegar and the quick pH jump seemed to trigger those spun leaves that dont quite develop correctly on one side. I could be wrong but I don't think those are a result of bugs.

If it was ph it would effect more than just one leaflet on one leaf.

Homesteader · Feb 7, 2022

GanjaJack said:
If it was ph it would effect more than just one leaflet on one leaf.

perhaps I don't recall only ever seeing one leaf on my plants but either way it is a hiccup inside the plant from that point in time, not a pest issue imo and if it isn't doing it now I wouldn't worry.

lvstealth · Feb 7, 2022

those are teeth marks, got a kid?

maybe a cat?

they look like pointy teeth, so cat or small doggy

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