Thcfarmero420
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Only 2 or 3 leaves and 1 growth tip have bites/holes, i want to stop whatever problem i have before its too late,also noticed a tiny bit of white dust on other leaves, otherwise very healthy plant.
Whats eating my fan leaves
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Roger A. Shrubber
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hard to say, not mite or thrip damage. looks like you're outside? could be grasshoppers, just about anything. i'd give them a good spraying with spinosad, repeat it every three days, 4 or 5 times. if they're outside, spray in the evening, after the bees go in. spinosad will kill bees till it dries. it has a translaminar effect, so it penetrates leaves well, will kill leaf miners, which a lot of other products won't.
ganga gurl420
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Hard to say ... but it doesn't look serious.
IMHO I wouldn't worry about it or spray anything unless it gets worse. Leaf nibbling happens when you grow outdoors and it is part of life.
The only time anyone should spray a pesticide is if you are dealing with a bug that will infest a plant and kill it i.e. mites or aphids...etc etc. (And that is not what you are dealing with)
IMHO I wouldn't worry about it or spray anything unless it gets worse. Leaf nibbling happens when you grow outdoors and it is part of life.
The only time anyone should spray a pesticide is if you are dealing with a bug that will infest a plant and kill it i.e. mites or aphids...etc etc. (And that is not what you are dealing with)
Beachwalker
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^ Tell us more about the "white dust" on the leaves, pics?Hard to say ... but it doesn't look serious.
IMHO I wouldn't worry about it or spray anything unless it gets worse. Leaf nibbling happens when you grow outdoors and it is part of life.
The only time anyone should spray a pesticide is if you are dealing with a bug that will infest a plant and kill it i.e. mites or aphids...etc etc. (And that is not what you are dealing with)
*edit: hold on a second, what am I seeing in that top & 3rd picture? Have you checked underneath your leaves with a magnifying glass yet?
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ganga gurl420
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I had to look hard to see what they were talking about.... that could be anything from residue from feedings and getting some on the leaf...to pollen from other plants to a fungus (tho I hope not and doubt) but even if it is a fungus that can organically be taken care of without using poisons (or at least using them as a complete last resort because without it the plant will die)
ganga gurl420
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Actually now that you made me zoom up like a mofo.....
Almost looks like I do see mites.....
Thcfarmero420
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Im away from home now ill post pics of the dust later ,although its not much of a dust kind of hard to explain, you'll see
Beachwalker
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Thanks, yeah that's what I'm seeing too, Op needs to at least check for them
Op, not talking about those holes, talking about the faint white discoloration that runs between the veins in that first picture and also at least the third picture too
Thcfarmero420
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The white powder at 5x zoom from my galaxy s9 
Beachwalker
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Okay, great picture! that's one issue but in that first picture you need to look under your leaves with strong magnification, your looking for the tiniest type of mites, they're very hard to see but that looks like how they start, and maybe somebody else can talk to you about the white powder, I've never had that type issue, if in fact that's what it is? So probably couldn't help much with that, best of luck!
Thcfarmero420
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Can you post a picture of the mites or tell me how to get rid of them, will neem work?
ganga gurl420
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If you do have mites .... that is bad news because not much does work on them.
Someone else can chime in better on that because we do not really deal with mites here too much.
As far as the white powder....
1. Do you foliar spray?
2. When you feed your plants do you water the ground directly or does some get on the leaves?
3. Is there any other plants in the near by vicinity affected?
4. Does it wipe off easily?
The reason I ask is the majority looks like it runs along the veins and groves of the leaf like as if something was poured on it and dried ...Or splashed on it.
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Thcfarmero420
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Some water and splashes on the leaves when i water, i can kind of rub it off easy with my fingers,and very easily with some moisture like licking my finger and rubbing it
ganga gurl420
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And do you mix nutes in your water?
Thcfarmero420
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I use solid nutes i sprinkle them in the soil before i water
ganga gurl420
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To me it still does not look like PM or other mildews as much as it does residue of some sort. I could be wrong but that is my 2 cents.
Beachwalker
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https://goo.gl/images/aZV4ek
Not saying it is mites but definitely check it out with magnification, if they are the small type then they are extremely hard to see, and I would do what Rodger said (I say that a lot!), I would treat with something as a precaution neem won't hurt that's a good start