5 plant getting eaten/ sick please help

[dr_rob_auto]

Hey guys i tried to copy out all ur questions but my phone seems to hate me i hope i can get my pics up. Ok there's 5 effected plants 1x cash crop auto fem 3weeks into flower.
1x strawberry blue fem photo
2x pyramid auto anubis 3weeks old
1x NL Big bud auto same age.

All outdoor in veg garden south facing 20hours directish light atm.
They get feed all seperatly and where all really happy until like last week. I noticed one limb was weak and droppy. I can't find anything concerning when i checked but now iv got tiny little holes surrounded by a tiny brown ring of dead leaf cells. Appearing on most areas of plants. Mostly at the base of the leaf where the fingers seperate out. I took a leaf off to inspect and found 3 tiny white/tan coloured mite looking buggers. Iv sprayed all plants with chilli/garlic/nicotine water solution with a drop of dish soap. Im hoping it will help. Any advice wd b appreciated its the one that's budding that has me most concerned?

 

[dr_rob_auto]

Sorry bout tht first pic guys

 

[jamestiger]

cant tell for sure but could be spider mite but i cant see any trails of bite marks so poss something else ....easssy way to tell is if you have a magnifier ( at least 30x ) look at underside of leaf and look for small black mites , they stay under leaf as they dont like direct sunlight , take a look at " neem oil " its a natural pest killer absolute growers must for the battle against bugs , only spray neem oil when theres no light as it will act as a magnifier and burn your plants but spray neem at night then the water dries the oil stays and the bugs are coated in oil and die ...only thing if it is spider mites neem does not kill the eggs so you have to spray every 2 weeks , i would suggest getting neem even if it isnt spider mites as if you are outside growing you may get hit with all sorts of nasties , good luck in your battle of the bugs dr rob

 

[dr_rob_auto]

Fuck yeah hoped its not them. Yeah i don't get paid until Monday. Hopefully my home made remidy will work on my flowering one as its definetly shaping up to be my best grow so far. Il look into the neem. Cheers man

 

[Muddy]

That does look like some sort of insect damage, but not spider mites. I've never seen them chew holes through the leaves like that. Plus they usually aren't a problem until later in the season when the buds are forming. Then you'll see sections of the bud turn brown and if you look, you'll see their webs and them crawling on the underside of the leaves. Not sure what it is but either neem oil or insecticidal soap should be effective against them. I always did weekly sprayings of insecticidal soap as a precaution when I grew outdoors. It's a contact kill and water soluble, so a good rain will wash it off.

 

[Torched]

That does not look like mite damage at all. Maybe thrips or leaf miners. Get a magnifying glass and look at the bottom of those leaves. Check right where the veins meet the leaf little bugs will hide there. Once you can see them you can figure out how to take care of them. For the little ones in veg safer soap or safer 3 in 1 may help. Without identifying the pest you can never know what will work.

 

[dr_rob_auto]

Yeah the one it started on is in bud now

 

[Waira]

Hi Dr.'- Holes that big are chewed by something sizable, likely an earwig,.. maybe a caterpillar... earwigs are notorious for making holes, and are the night time "dine and shine" type of vermin, so look around the surrounding area for them hiding in/under things; caterpillars usually munch the edges as well, but I don't see that in the pics,...a small slug or snail is a more remote possibility too, but their slime trails are usually a give away for this,... being outside (I grow OD's too), you certainly can have more than one vermin snacking on the plants at once! ...the mite-looking things might also be doing damage, but never holes like that-- they pierce and suck, no chewing,... thrips and miners don't cause this kind of damage either (miners are very distinct-- look them up to see; they literally tunnel in between surface cell layers, in random squiggly patterns).... the distortion of the leaves is caused by the uneven growth as they try to expand around the damaged areas,... *** So, scan the 'hood for big vermin, and keep looking carefully all over the plants for less mobile pests,... try throwing down a layer of Diatomaceous earth around them; this stuff is basically microscopic glass shards, and will get into their tender spots, making them bleed out! othewise, a spray product of some kind willtake care of thesmaller bugs that tend to stay on the plant full time,... :thumbs:

 

[wietzaadje]

Had the same a few times like you have in the first picture.
On a dutch forum they say that it's old damage from the Green shield bug, they like to suck on new shoots and the damage is enlarged when the leaf grows.

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pentatomidae/palomena_prasina.html

 

[dr_rob_auto]

Yeah looked up leaf miners don't think its them, unfortunitly i work all day so its hard to give them a good inspection more than once a month.