Can you rub it and it comes off on your fingers? When i've had bad PM, I can rub some of it off onto my fingers....as opposed to discoloration of the leaf.
Nah... it doesn't rub off. I believe it's discoloration. I don't believe we have spider mites in Illinois. I could be wrong but I don't see them under the scope anyways. I don't see anything other than the discoloration.
Looks like thrips damage to me, fighting them for a few weeks outdoors. Small very hard to see but full grown ones look like a small oval or fat worm. Are insect but look like worm to naked eye. Will be along veins of underside of leaves and on branches and stalks. Hope this is not your problem, for pm milk watered down 10 to 1 works well. De works for most mites and bugs if going organic.
Lol I have a shit ton of different bugs so it's hard to tell which ones could be the culprit, but I'm just not seeing any on the leaves. I agree it looks like punctures and sap spots next to them. You think I should spray them just in case? Do you know if Dr zymes will kill my beneficials?
I'll look again. Thanks!
Ok 2nd time I've heard that. I'll look again. Thanks man.
Kill first, ask questions later.
I don't like to just kill first in living soil. I have large populations of a lot of bugs I don't wanna kill off if I don't have to, but it's looking to me like it's gotta be insect damage. I was kinda hoping it was something else though.
Totally understand your point. The good guys/predators will mostly be living... in the soil. Unless there is food on the leaves.
I was just suggesting to squish it. But I agree +1. That looks like a lil baby Aphid.
Ok I can do it tomorrow. I have a few doses of Dr zymes or should I get wettable sulfur instead?
Do aphids do damage to the leaves?
Sulfur is used mostly for fungus control / mold / mildew in my opinion
Yes they do
Dr zymes it is. Thanks for the info!
Its a larvae and they all look alike, aphid, leafhopper, gnat. Any adults, flyers or hoppers?