In my latest post I asked about if this is some kind of deficiency but turns out it’s pest.
I‘ve looked under the most heavily infested leaves, but I can’t see any mites or larva. No webs or mite shit.
Does anyone have another idea or more info?
by Impressive_Bid_971
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They looked good before. did u change water before they started looking like this take pic of whole plant again
You should look at the underside of the affected leaves using a loupe.
In my opinion, either way they can be dealt with by alternating between a Spinosaid pesticide and something like Lost Coast Plant Therapy.
Its neither. Looks like a deficiency. Boron? Check your ph and EC
Leaves are your plants health indicator. They display all that is above and below the hood. Usually, mites are hard to see in the beginning, not so much when it’s infested.
Your photos ( underside ) are pretty decent, no webs, but to be sure, I would turn off all light and really inspect the under veins in the dark with a good led, each leaf, then you are sure.
If mites, only peditor mites or CO2 blasting will be effective. Predators live on plant mites and reproduce longer than their life cycle. When they run out of food ( mites ) they die off. A high level of CO2 will suffocate mites, must be administered multiple times to keep up with new hatchlings.
Most root issues, especially Pythium, attack one plant at a time. So my next course of action is a good root inspection. Pythium damage looks like this too. What root health prevention are you using?
Sadly, this leaf damage will never heal. When you fix the issue, you will stop the spreading. Only new growth will display issue-free leaves,… which sucks. You have lot of time left, so you will be fine. Glad you got the jump on troubleshooting!
What do your roots look like?
https://preview.redd.it/hlkje9bqxhug1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9bf224035fb58ab4ae28c798da4aaa0b85a87e1
Same thing I’m dealing with I think lol
Thrips . Looks like the points where the thrips eat . Take a good juwelier lens and look at the leaves . But careful thripse tent to hyde themselves when they see you
Crazy that I put up an almost identical post last night. Check my profile if interested.
You might need cal mag
With as much going on virus wise with plants, it looks like it’s effecting the tissue within the leaves, but not from bugs or deficiency. Looks to be a pathogen. Have you tested for hlvd or tobacco mosaic, etc.. I would treat with a good fungicide & mold natural product maybe dr brothers then apply a light foliar of something like recharge, or other beneficial microbe product rich in mychorizal, trichoderma, & and bacillus strains. You know anything of activated EM1?
Rust fungus potentially?