HELP. White fur on my stems? Leaves drying.

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miller

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Hi,

Hope someone can shed a bit of light on a little issue i have.
I have recently started some babies and 2 weeks into veg they stopped growing and the leaves are curling at the tips and drying out rapidly.
I am using a 400wt light, coco with house and garden nutes. The PH of the water is 6.0 and ive tried flushing for a week and still the same issues.
I have noticed a white fur on the stems, is this the reason they have stopped growing? there is no signs of mites under the leaves and i fumigated the room before the grow.
See my pictures below and hopefully someone can help me.

Thanks Miller.
 

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10mfers

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looks like spidermites to me. don't know why they aren't growing. shortage of nutes perhaps. That will turn leaves funky colors. My monkey paw was diong that, I increased nutes, prob solved.
 
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miller

Member
I have slowly started to increase the nutes but dont want to over do it, just seams a bit strange as the new growths come through they go dry and crispy at the ends. My guessin was a mite.

Do you think its worth trying to kill the mites or cutting my losses and starting from scratch??

Thanks
 
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Mcdoper

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dosnt seem to be spider mites im not noticing any white dots but it could be heat stress because of the curling tips but could also be the nutes. i would suggest adding nutes to your water, if it is nutes they should look better in about a week. and if it is spider mites you can use neem oil or alcohol but make sure you water down the alcohol if you use it to about a 1:2 1:3 ratio.
 
fasts10

fasts10

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i see no spidermite.. looks like some kind of fungus of some sorts.. whats ur %humidity and temps?
 
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miller

Member
I did think heat stress but the temp max is 25c
I'm going by the house and garden nute chart and I've had a good flush for a week. I've just purchased some mite spray and gave them a good soaking so I will check them over the next few days and if no go I will cut my losses,shame because they started well.
Thankyou for all the responses.
 
warrengjustice747

warrengjustice747

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no for real though i think its mealybugs. they leave a splotchy web and theyre so small they look like specks.
or FUNGUS. its hard to tell
 
HighLowGrow

HighLowGrow

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If you have a scope, take a look up close and see if you can see any critters wandering around. A 30x should work.
 
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miller

Member
a friend of mine just said mealybugs, after a soak last night it seams to have gone so over the next few days I will have a spray again and fingers crossed they come back strong. I will keep you updated so you can look out for it in the future!!
 
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