Is this what I hope its not? <SpiderMites><Pics>

EntooGrowin

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Im seeing spots on my leaves and now my imagination is getting to me. The only reason I think it might be mites is that I am in and out of peoples yards all day including weeds with obvious mite infestations. I shed my clothes and shower before i go anywhere near my garden but with pets and kids this is most likely a futile effort.
I dont see anything crawling or moving around on the bottom of the leaves but the number of spots went from one yesterday to like six today. I just topped her on saturday but dont recall seeing any spots like this before yesterday.

Thoughts? Should I just hang back and watch the spots spread or get active and start nuking? Are these mites or am I pulling a noob and misdiagnosing?

Thanks
 

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ultimate buds

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if you mist when the lights are on you get spots like this and also from nutrient burn from certain nutes il post u sum info also check the bottom of the leaves you should have eggs if its mites
i would flush them as that cant do any harm then just giv them water an hopefully the pics below will help sorry i had to post each one seperatly its the way i have the storage set up on my pc
 

vallilynn

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you will see webs when you mist, your leaves will look stipled, they turn a light green, but if you ve got them youll see webs, i just lost my white widows to spider mites, not a happy day
 

EntooGrowin

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if you mist when the lights are on you get spots like this and also from nutrient burn from certain nutes il post u sum info also check the bottom of the leaves you should have eggs if its mites
i would flush them as that cant do any harm then just giv them water an hopefully the pics below will help sorry i had to post each one seperatly its the way i have the storage set up on my pc
Thanks for the response. I don't mist the girls at all so it cant be that. When you say flush does that mean take the plant to the sink spray all of the leaves without really soaking the soil then go ahead and water soil like normal till you see runoff? Ive fed her with one time with a 1/4 recommended of FF Grow Big. And a couple of times with the Organic Tea the local hydroshop brews up and gives out for free on wed and sat. From the pictures it looks like the Mg in very early stages.
 

MR420MIKE

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Look under the leaves where the spots are.. if you see little tiny white eggs and or little tiny black bugs you have mites. If not then I bet it's another issue.
 

EntooGrowin

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Last night I fed with a tsp of GrowBig to two liters of water. Overall she responded very well to that.
Tonight when i got a chance to inspect her I found a leaf with a hole eaten clear through. I don't see any eggs or black spots on the underside of the leaves. So It might not be spider mites but the irregular shaped hole in the leaf looks like some critter has been snacking on my girl.

Here is a few more pics. A) Leaf with hole. B) Top of spot leaf. C) Leaf with most spots. D) Overhead of girl. E) Her neighbor with no visible issues yet. F) Bottom of leaf with most spots.
 

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