New grower needs some answers

[zeddit]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post, I just want an outside perspective on how healthy my plants are, because I have seen a couple of things on my Cannabis leaves.

Description Plants:
Sumo seeds White Cheese Autoflower
Germinated the seeds directly in the big pot on the 15th of June (Pots are 15-20L), I believe they didn't come out of the soil until the 17th or 19th of June
They should be between end of week 3 or in week 4
For both plants, the fourth node is forming and the fifth node is starting to come out, there is more spacing between the nodes for the plant in the brown pot.


The bigger plant is in a brownish clay pot and the smaller one is in the gray pot (To facilitate identification on pictures)

These are the possible issues with the plant in the gray pot:
Small dots on the edge of the leaves, really regular dots I would say, sometimes you you can see the hole on the other side of the leave, but sometimes not.

Here you can see cracks as well, I think this is due to me applying LST, the wire got out of my hand and maybe cut through the leaf? I only saw the crack since today, I don't think the crack was there yesterday.

This is the second plant in the brown pot:

I hope someone can help me out or at least reassure me that everything is going fine.

Thanks in advance to everyone that takes the time to hear me out


Have a nice day!

Zeddit

 

[Noobiegrow]

Are you going outside?

 

[zeddit]

They mostly grow on my terrace so outdoors, but I avoid them catching heavy rains, so I would say they are most often outside between 2pm and 8pm
In the morning I put them on my window for morning sun, my terrace receives afternoon sun.

 

[Noobiegrow]

The spots could be bugs from the outside the tear as well

 

[zeddit]

It is possible, but I feel like there is no other vegetation around and I live on the third floor, is it possible it is something else or not?
What would be the best way to counter this?

 

[zeddit]

And if these are bugs, do you think they just came and left or is it forming a bug army on the plant

 

[Noobiegrow]

It could be something else but im betting on bugs. An insecticidal soap worked for me. Spray the top and underneath of the leaves every three days and that will help

 

[Noobiegrow]

The tares my be from a come and go but the spots I would keep an eye on

 

[zeddit]

Yeah, I will keep an eye on it, for the insecticidal soap, the local gardening shop should be fine? sprays should work for an array of plants no?

 

[Noobiegrow]

Yes local shop should have it. Or a hardware store with a garden area. And the spray should work for most bugs

 

[zeddit]

Thanks a lot!

 

[Noobiegrow]

No problem good luck

 

[zeddit]

Last thing, I have been looking around, do you think Neem Oil works against this issue?

 

[420trout]

Last thing, I have been looking around, do you think Neem Oil works against this issue?

That's what I would use if I suspected bugs. Any chance this is a cal/mag deficiency?

 

[zeddit]

It is possible, I am only using growth nutriënts for vegetative state, I used once a 3ml in 0.5L and once 5ml in 1L 4 days later. (Don't exactly know what I give, I'm using the same nutriënts as some friends that have indoor growers, I can ask for the exact components if you guys need them)
Aside from this, I only use tapwater in a bottle that I leave 24h in room temperature.
Maybe it is a Cal/Mag issue, I have checked all the leaves and found no web and removed all small black dots I found on the leaves or under (Were not many), but could be just some dirt/soil.

 

[Edinburgh]

I cant see anything to to bad, your plants are definitely a bit behind, if you think you have pests use de earth, check ph, remember autos flower with age not photoperiod, i to give my plants morning sun and they luv it. Pic SODK at 21 days takeing sun bath.

 

[zeddit]

We had like 5 or 6 days fully clouded with sporadic rains since I planted them, do you think having less sun can affect the growth speed this significantly? Your plant seems enormous compared to my babies, is your plant auto or photo?

 

[Beachwalker]

The spots could be bugs from the outside the tear as well

+1 Bugs, likely mites

 

[zeddit]

+1 Bugs, likely mites

I'm going to check every day, if I see any more spread I'm going all in protector mode ☠

 

[Beachwalker]

I'm going to check every day, if I see any more spread I'm going all in protector mode ☠

It's outdoors shouldn't be hard to handle I would start treating the bugs right now you can start by hosing it off with a firm spray underneath the leaves you might hit it with neem but I don't recommend neem to beginners because I've seen new growers burn plants with neem I recommend using a spinosad product as directed good luck

Edit: it's either mites or thrips the small bites make me suspect mites