The Metal Veg
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ok soo the black dots i said i had yesterday, that u guys told me were spider mites, they ate 3 of my leaves last night, i only have one leaf left on this plant and idk if it will make it, what are ur guys oppinions
Revenge of the black dots
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ProfessorMembrane
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Use a PCO or other Pyrethrin fogger to kill both adults and eggs in one fell sweep, then begin spraying weekly with Neem Oil or Garden Safe spray as a preventative to keep them from entering again.
The Metal Veg
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ok man thanks, do u think that the plant with only one leaf left will live? or will the stress off loosing its first leaves kill it?
GlassFreak
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ewwwwwww.... last thing i would do is bomb the fuckers! icky! use those sticky pest strips man! wouldnt think they would work good but they work great! also neem oil or einstien oil works awsome.
GoPostalMan
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I agree with GlassFreak, don't bomb them, it's easier to use the sticky strips.. however do use the neem oil technique... if you spray the leaves.. leaf, over and under, just a little, you can get those fuckers from sucking the life out temporarly, then hopefully while they're bored, they'll go to the stick traps =)
GlassFreak
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right! just put the strips ecerywere, pot rims, walls, floor. spray the whole plant or if its small just dip the whole thing if possable.
shoottokill
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your plant will probably survive if you manage to get rid of them... But what are They??? black dots brings spidermites to my mind but spidermites dont eat leaves whole!!! and you say that 3 leaves are missing... I tell u spidermites cant do that in 1 night. Is the area of your plants secure? if you have them at home do you have a cat/dog? if yes make sure it does not have acess to the plant. To get rid of spidermites ecxept the methods mentioned above as a quick measure you can use water with a bit of soap in it. It is virtually harmless to the plant.
GoPostalMan
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possible to be thrips? but if it was, he would notice the little flying fuckers.. they get everywhere. i think he might have been exaggerating a little, they probably ate a lot of those other leaves, to where they wouldn't have lived. when you wake up to find huge holes in your plant, it's of course traumatizing =P
The Metal Veg
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hah no man, whatever did it ate 3 leaves whole, and none of my animals could possibly get into my grow room, idk maybe there is something im not seeing here
The Metal Veg
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i will try to have pictures up by tomorrowcuz whatever these tings are they r starting to piss me off lol
shoottokill
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It really is traumatizing !!! But he probably would have noticed them because most species are not described as "black dots". Thats y i think something else than the dots caused the damage
GoPostalMan
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have you tried looking under the leaves at all? sometimes the bigger ones can be seen as small moving specs... you'd see shit moving if there was a ton of them
white flies eat leaves like wild fire, but you'd notice them
The Metal Veg
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under the leaves is where the black dots where located, but they were not moving, i staired at them for like 5 mins yesterday trying to tell if they were or not lol
The Metal Veg
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btw the black dots are not on the last leaf that was left, does that mean that they are gone now or what?
ProfessorMembrane
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If 1 plant in the garden has pests, they are likely infesting other plants and areas of the garden as well, and counting on a few sticky traps to take care of them is a very haphazard method of pest control. Traps help prevent new infestations, and decrease the severity of existing infestations, but i've never seen them eradicate thrips or soil gnats by themselves. A bomb will clean the entire garden room and give him a clean slate to start with that he can keep clean with sprays or traps.