Day 40 flower- Spider mites and Aphids. What do I do???

NugHeuser said:

So if I do have pests is a 60x lens plenty strong enough to make them out even if they're young?

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Welcome to riu!
Was reading your stuff posted on 1st grow . Good stuff, found my way here.
How did it go with the bugs?
Only skimmed this thread.
Spider mites are easy to spot with the naked eye. Broad mites are the ones that can be seen with a 60x.
60x is also needed to see leaf miners larvae on the under side of leaves, a common bug in MJ.
Did you figure out what they were?

NugHeuser said:

So if I do have pests is a 60x lens plenty strong enough to make them out even if they're young?

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Welcome to riu!
Was reading your stuff posted on 1st grow . Good stuff, found my way here.
How did it go with the bugs?
Only skimmed this thread.
Spider mites are easy to spot with the naked eye. Broad mites are the ones that can be seen with a 60x.
60x is also needed to see leaf miners larvae on the under side of leaves, a common bug in MJ.
Did you figure out what they were?

Buba Blend said:

Welcome to riu!
Was reading your stuff posted on 1st grow . Good stuff, found my way here.
How did it go with the bugs?
Only skimmed this thread.
Spider mites are easy to spot with the naked eye. Broad mites are the ones that can be seen with a 60x.
60x is also needed to see leaf miners larvae on the under side of leaves, a common bug in MJ.
Did you figure out what they were?

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To be completely honest I found one or two bugs that I'm sure were aphids on one plant underside of leafs, one plant seemed to be infested at only the top cola of tiny white fast moving bugs(the plant was chopped at that point to try to slow the spread, it was my weakest plant anyway), I didn't notice any other bugs on the top colas of any other plants, and I looked pretty hard all over the rest of the plants and didn't see anything else that I could confirm as a bug.
What I was thinking were spider mites were just tiny specs of dirt on the bottom sides of the leafs from when I had transplanted before flower and had the plants tipped upside down to fall out of their pots. So for the most part I think I was pest free.

I did do preventative sprays in veg and beginning of flower with neem oil so I'm guessing that's what saved me.

It was a bit of a rough grow being my first time but I learned a lot and came out with 14 oz off about 21 plants in a 5x5. Not too bad.

I'm very excited to put forward everything that I've learned from this grow on to the next one.

NugHeuser said:

To be completely honest I found one or two bugs that I'm sure were aphids on one plant underside of leafs, one plant seemed to be infested at only the top cola of tiny white fast moving bugs(the plant was chopped at that point to try to slow the spread, it was my weakest plant anyway), I didn't notice any other bugs on the top colas of any other plants, and I looked pretty hard all over the rest of the plants and didn't see anything else that I could confirm as a bug.
What I was thinking were spider mites were just tiny specs of dirt on the bottom sides of the leafs from when I had transplanted before flower and had the plants tipped upside down to fall out of their pots. So for the most part I think I was pest free.

I did do preventative sprays in veg and beginning of flower with neem oil so I'm guessing that's what saved me.

It was a bit of a rough grow being my first time but I learned a lot and came out with 14 oz off about 21 plants in a 5x5. Not too bad.

I'm very excited to put forward everything that I've learned from this grow on to the next one.

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Good Luck! You are off to a great start. Reading your posts on the other thread I thought you had been growing longer.

Buba Blend said:

Good Luck! You are off to a great start. Reading your posts on the other thread I thought you had been growing longer.

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Thanks I appreciate it. And I guess I should say it's my first indoor grow. I've grown outside twice back when I was around 17-19 around 7 years ago or so, so I already knew some of the basics but was hit way off guard with how much different indoor is, where as outdoor I just planted in a sunny spot, gave them crick water and fertilized with mg every couple weeks, I really didn't realize all the extras that you had to watch for and all the new variables with indoor. Starting to get it figured out though. Love learning and passing on the knowledge to others with questions. But I try to stick to only answering the more simple questions cuz I don't wanna be that stereotypical new grower handing out bad info, trying to avoid that but yeah I do appreciate the compliment man