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SOIL Possible thrips / mold 5-7 days before harvest need advice

TheKieftan

TheKieftan

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image_134443.jpgimage_134444.jpgimage_134445.jpg3738B1CF-92C5-458B-9E03-EE89EFB5F5CC.jpegC23D049A-85F1-48C1-969B-CB9B2C195936.jpeg This is my first grow at the start I was over protective and thought everything was a disaster then I got tired of wasting energy on false alarms and got lax 2 of my plants hermied so the over protectiveness kicked in again I’ve been monitoring my one main plant like a mother hen which is how I found this issue so quick I was looking over the plant and saw a sugar leaf with what looked like a drop of glinting milk on it I panicked and tore it off then I realized the leaf next to it had a tiny tiny spot too I ripped that off too I then caught a breath and examined my plant thoroughly I found 3-4 other spots very similar I looked it up and think it might be thrips or possibly powdery mold right now it seems to be mostly localized around the cola closest to my fan which is what makes me think it’s less likely mold (the only reason I’m even considering mold is well I don’t have a dehumidifier my areas very dry in winter and I planned to be done before spring showers hit basing timeline on the strains flowering time which I now know was silly newb mistakes) that said humidity hasn’t been super high 55-60% but how will thrips effect harvest this plant is so close it seems to be one of those that makes a last minute dash to ripen and I want to give it atleast 4-5 more days because I’m noticing drastic improvement daily now any advice is welcome currently I’m just planning to monitor and hope for the best if it progresses I’ll harvest a little early
 
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A few bite marks here and there is not bad. I would recommend you get a white paper and place it under the canopy and shake the plant vigorously and you will then see what drops on the paper. Then you can identify if it’s a pest? And which pest? Some people treat a plant for something they don’t have and wonder why it doesn’t work.
 
That last photo looks like scale, a pest. They look like bumps on the plants. If you squeeze them they ooze. There’s both soft and hard body versions. The soft body are so flat that the bump looks like a part of the plant. Look under the leaves at the veins, they like to suck the juice out at that point.

https://www.arbico-organics.com/category/problem-solver-guide
https://getbusygardening.com/types-o...nt-bugs/#scale

Just looked up thrips and it happened to be another name listed with scale. So I’m with you on that guess looks like.
 
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Yeah those are really old problems I corrected but some damage was done basically I was using an expired GH ph testing liquid that was .5-.6 off so the entire time I was thinking ph was 6.5 it was 7 ish
 
Yeah sadly and makes sense the worst is near the fan and that’s apparently how they travel by air current and I’m only noticing spots on sugar leaves or fan leaves that are in a cola which again apparently they like to hang around buds what I don’t know is how this effects harvest like will I need to separate them from my weed before drying that sort of thing
 
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