Buick455gs
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Just spent the last hour looking for broad mites and not a thing. Also I assume if it was mites all my plants would be infected by now.
They are mites. Could be broad, cyclamen or russet mites. Need 100x microscope to find them. I have dealt with these terrible pests more than I would ever wish on any grower. They have different effects on different strains. Some times the splotchy chlorosis like in your pics. sometimes backward folding leaves like a mag deficiency. sometimes downward curving leaf tips. sometimes spiral leaflets, they travel slowly around a garden and some strains don't show obvious signs. I promise you it is one of these mites. miticides and horticulturanl oils give some measure of control but very difficult to eliminate with. Heat your room with plants in it to 110F for 1 hour and you will kill 98% of them (maybe a plant or 2 also). Submerge a plant (not roots) in 111F water bath for 15 min and you kill 100% of these mites and their eggs. There are a number of predator mites available for them as well. Neoseiulus fallacis and Neoseiulus cucumeris are a good place to start.Just spent the last hour looking for broad mites and not a thing. Also I assume if it was mites all my plants would be infected by now.