Suspected Mites outdoors, HELP!

I have a g13- blue og (fem) going outdoors and its a monster 6x6 bush with bud sites everywhere, Ive been very excited until recently. I noticed one section where two colas seemed to have stopped bud production, hairs all orange/shriveled. I would have guess the plant was polinated but Ive gone over it and its not hermie at all, no other plants around and its in a rich suburb where I doubt anyone else is growing let alone breeding. I also noticed some very very faint leaf spotting (suspected possible spidermites, but not enough damage to believe that.

Anyways Im really neverous if its something that can spread. Should I cut those branches off and split my losses or ride it out see what happens risk the whole thing?


Here are some pics of the stunted buds followed by some normal buds for comparison (its much more obvious in person, but I did my best with the pics)

The 2nd pic looks like some type of bug bites, maybe can't answer if that's what is turning the hairs and all that...I'm not sure

wiethe20 said:

The 2nd pic looks like some type of bug bites, maybe can't answer if that's what is turning the hairs and all that...I'm not sure

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I think you are right I cut off a small portion and on one leaf I managed to get some pics with my 40x loupe combined with my iphone zoom lol. Found what looks like 2 diff kinds of mites and some other bug ive never seen. Ive been using neem oil, didnt think i would have this issue.

Any recommendations on what I should do? Anyone know what kind of mites? Should I cut the 2 damaged buds to reduce the spread?

some spidermites as for the other bugs it look like thrips

If it were mine I would immediately amputate the affected areas and pray like hell they haven't infested the rest of the plant.

That grayish look oval shapped bug is supposedly a predator of mites, I def see spider mites, not sure what the black dots in the last pic are

PoodleBud said:

If it were mine I would immediately amputate the affected areas and pray like hell they haven't infested the rest of the plant.

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Thats what I want to do and my gut says, but my uncle says just treat it with neem n let it go...he has a agronomy degree, but idk if agree with him.

Id rather kill 2 small branches and save the rest. Its a big bush

Mites are crawlers they are climbers so stop them from going up the main stalk...make a sticking trap around the base of the tree

Im being told to spray garlic water all over the plant and dont cut

The two branches are touching a blue spruce and maybe they came from there? rest of the plant looks good

sprayed with garlic solutions, found plants mite free and garlic burned the next day, rinsed really well with water ( out of direct sun), woke up today to further damage, rinsed with water again and praying for a recovery. Im guessing i either made it too concentrated or im supposed to rinse off the garlic right after.....prob wont be using it again

silvrsurfer77 said:

sprayed with garlic solutions, found plants mite free and garlic burned the next day, rinsed really well with water ( out of direct sun), woke up today to further damage, rinsed with water again and praying for a recovery. Im guessing i either made it too concentrated or im supposed to rinse off the garlic right after.....prob wont be using it again

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You need to spray at night or early in the morning.. if you spray in the day time when its hot ..that can happen.. the water drops are like buring stuff with aMagnifying glass