Having a plant problem?

So I think my plants have some deficiency. I was told they had spider mites from some people on the forum, but i never seen one web, or if there was anything on the leaves like a spec of dirt, nothing moved. I looked under a microscope I have and nothing not one bug moving or a single web.

So I ended up getting this stuff called take down at my local shop. I was told it will kill all the bugs and to do it again in a week to kill the eggs.

So my plants are still struggling and idk what is wrong with them. Can somone please help me out if you know or got a good idea whats going on?

Fyi I just transplanted my plants into the cloth 5 gal pots. So if you see specs on the pant in the pics, I'd be willing to bet my life that its the dirt from turning the plants upside down.


For anyone that wants to know...
The 3 strains are ethos grandpa's cookies #6 x zwag#23 (does anyone know what zwag #23 is?) The 4th plants is Bacio gelato.

The soil there in is called rabbit creek farm easy grow soil, its local to upstate ny (easygrowsoil.com ) I used it on my second grow and it worked great from what I can tell. The soil is peet based, but other than that idk whats in it unfortunately.
The only other nutrients I have used is Recharge once a week when I water the plants.

The plants are in my 3x3 ac infinity grow tent, with there s33 LED grow light thats 240 watts

Im fairly new to growing, this is my 3rd run so far since I got my grow tent. I'm hoping someone has the answers i need. Thanks in advance for your time

I forgot to mention that i ph my water @6.4-6.5

I don't see mites. Looks like a couple leaves were in the dirt at some point if it's just those 2 I can see.

I wouldn’t do anything different. Observe new growth. If new growth is coming in healthy then you’re ok. The leaves that you are concerned about will get plucked later. Since you just transplanted into 5gallon pots I recommend focusing on not over watering and allowing good dry backs.
Let the idea the up pot is room for roots to grow even though you’re not entirely sure what’s in that soil.
Focus on proper watering for health
And don’t feed for at least two weeks. Observe new growth. The plants will tell you when they’re hungry. Don’t chase more problems by doing more.

CaliRootz88 said:

I wouldn’t do anything different. Observe new growth. If new growth is coming in healthy then you’re ok. The leaves that you are concerned about will get plucked later. Since you just transplanted into 5gallon pots I recommend focusing on not over watering and allowing good dry backs.
Let the idea the up pot is room for roots to grow even though you’re not entirely sure what’s in that soil.
Focus on proper watering for health
And don’t feed for at least two weeks. Observe new growth. The plants will tell you when they’re hungry. Don’t chase more problems by doing more.

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When you say dont feed do you mean the recharge? Bc the soil came with all the nutrients already in it. My last grow i did top dressing around flowering bc all the nutrients got ate up by the plants. I used gaia green 4-4-4 and 2-8-4. Do you think I should top dress not to far down the road?

Also when should I top my plants?

PadawanWarrior said:

I don't see mites. Looks like a couple leaves were in the dirt at some point if it's just those 2 I can see.

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Yea i just transplanted them they were upside down to get them out of the old pots so a bunch of dirt got on them

It may be due to a spacing problem. Anyways, watering can help avoid the problem.

Over all, plants look pretty good. Let them go a lil longer and see what happens.

Your pH could be too high in the rootzone I'd do a slurry test or get a soil probe.

Jimi O'Connor said:

When you say dont feed do you mean the recharge? Bc the soil came with all the nutrients already in it. My last grow i did top dressing around flowering bc all the nutrients got ate up by the plants. I used gaia green 4-4-4 and 2-8-4. Do you think I should top dress not to far down the road?

Also when should I top my plants?

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I meant NPK. The recharge weekly is great.
Use 4-4-4 until week 3 of flower before switching to 2-8-4. I personally would wait at least 1-2 weeks and observe the new growth during that time. If everything is coming in healthy they’re feeding and happy. a top dress too early could cause more harm than good.
Topping isn’t required but is a tool you can use in your arsenal of tools to train a plant. The goal is to break the apical dominance. You could simply bend the tallest branch over with a plant tie and or bamboo stick etc.

CaliRootz88 said:

I wouldn’t do anything different. Observe new growth. If new growth is coming in healthy then you’re ok. The leaves that you are concerned about will get plucked later. Since you just transplanted into 5gallon pots I recommend focusing on not over watering and allowing good dry backs.
Let the idea the up pot is room for roots to grow even though you’re not entirely sure what’s in that soil.
Focus on proper watering for health
And don’t feed for at least two weeks. Observe new growth. The plants will tell you when they’re hungry. Don’t chase more problems by doing more.

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P.S idk if you are familiar with ac infinity self watering trays but they dont over or under water, works great for me anyway...I put a link to a video for them below

Jimi O'Connor said:

P.S idk if you are familiar with ac infinity self watering trays but they dont over or under water, works great for me anyway...I put a link to a video for them below

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I’ve wanted to try them but I use dry amendments like you and worry by using these trays the top layer of soil isn’t getting wet enough to break down the dry amendments and feed?
Have you been using them?

So just thought I'd let you guys know I emailed the owner of the company i get my soil from. I asked him exactly what is in the soil and he wrote back and said... "The soil is a peat based soil with organic blend of compost and worm castings added to it. also has complex blend of meals from land and sea with trace minerals added to to be completely water only soil. Need to keep up with transplanting In veg and transplant into fresh soil when transitioning into flower to be water only. I hope this answers all questions and look forward to doing business with you"

Does this help give anyone an idea of what could be going on with my plants?