New Grower, please help diagnose

polishpollack said:

I'm afraid that idea about aeroponics isn't right. aero is even faster than dwc because of the greater oxygen exposure roots get. aero is actually a dangerous method unless you really know what you're doing. it's best to avoid it, in my opinion.

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That's a good point about the oxygen.

I think I would consider this aerogarden to be more of a hybrid. The "aero" part is only maybe a couple of inches, and then the majority of the roots all sit inside an aerated gallon of water that cycles the nutes.

I know it's not the best way to grow, and it gets a lot of hate.. but it was free. So here I am trying to learn how to use this thing.

Looks like you may have some varmits, spider mites. Check the back of the leaves.

phffft said:

Looks like you may have some varmits, spider mites. Check the back of the leaves.

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I don't know how that could happen on a virgin closet grow from from seed, but I checked that.. I wish it was that simple.

I did some LST after I thought things were feeling good, but now some of the original symptoms came back. I am hoping this is just stress, but I'll post back in a couple of days if this doesn't look better.