White spots on my oc leaves

[Newbgrower1]

Hey guys so I’ve been hardening my plants for the past 2-3 weeks. I started with 2 hrs of direct sun then moved to the shade for the rest of the day. I’m up to about 6 hrs of direct sunlight and my orange creamsicle is starting to get white spots on a few of the upper leaves. Is it too much sun that’s causing it I’ve been paying very close attention to them and I see a few nats but no other pests. I water with filtered water with a little cal mag. I’m using ff hf soil. And added a dose of Gaia 4-4-4 3 weeks ago when I transplanted. They’ve Been in veg for about 3 1/2 weeks. Any help is appreciated

 

[Mikedin]

Any chance you got water on the leaves and then they sat in direct sun right after while still having droplets on the leaves?

 

[Newbgrower1]

Very possible I didn’t think of that. I may have sprayed them with peppermint oil to try to make the nats move on. Thanks for the reply I’ll be sure to keep an eye on it and see if it spreads but I think you’re dead on.

 

[N1ghtL1ght]

Very possible I didn’t think of that. I may have sprayed them with peppermint oil to try to make the nats move on. Thanks for the reply I’ll be sure to keep an eye on it and see if it spreads but I think you’re dead on.

Looking at the pics it seems evident this could be the problem. for Gnats you may want to battle the larvae inside the soil (Neem, BTi etc) if that is feasable (seeing you are outdoors they may just come from somewhere else....)

 

[Newbgrower1]

Looking at the pics it seems evident this could be the problem. for Gnats you may want to battle the larvae inside the soil (Neem, BTi etc) if that is feasable (seeing you are outdoors they may just come from somewhere else....)

Sounds good I was nervous I screwed it up somehow.lol Yea I have to get some more neem. thanks for the advice I appreciate it.

 

[Trash_2002]

Very possible I didn’t think of that. I may have sprayed them with peppermint oil to try to make the nats move on. Thanks for the reply I’ll be sure to keep an eye on it and see if it spreads but I think you’re dead on.

yep he is right! :-) cheers