Grey/brown growth tips

[The^Dude]

pic #1 lookz like sum kinda pasta weed (sorry, couldn't help meself :smoking: ) ppp

Weedatoni

 

[The^Dude]

Russet mites?

 

[The^Dude]

 

[DCLXVI]

Second pic sure looks like rusett mites. This page from U Illinois looks pretty similar. I've seen a couple treatments for them posted on the forum here.

Russet Mites found on Tomato

Recently, russet mites were discovered associated with injury on a tomato sample at the U of I Plant Clinic. This is not a common pest foun...

universityofillinoisplantclinic.blogspot.com

 

[DCLXVI]

I think the reddish ones are two-spotted spider mites?

 

[DCLXVI]

Cool Hemp insect page I stumbled across...

Hemp Insect Images - Hemp Insect

Got Bugs? - Hemp Insect

 

[The^Dude]

Cool Hemp insect page I stumbled across...

Hemp Insect Images - Hemp Insect

Got Bugs? - Hemp Insect

That's so funny, I just found the same site yesterday

 

[The^Dude]

And yeah, pretty sure they’re russet mites. Fuuuuuuuuckt. Luckily still late veg/ early flower, so I can be a little more aggressive. But still may be screwed

 

[armanidog]

And yeah, pretty sure they’re russet mites. Fuuuuuuuuckt. Luckily still late veg/ early flower, so I can be a little more aggressive. But still may be screwed

It said the sulfur dust worked against the mites. You could wash the plant just before harvest. Sulfur is low in toxicity to humans and mammals.
"Both sulfur dust and wettable sulfur are effective for russet mite control. Do not grow tomatoes near petunias or any solanaceous plants, such as potato, as they are other hosts of the russet mite. "

Tomato Russet Mite / Home and Landscape / UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM)

ipm.ucanr.edu

and

Pesticide Active Ingredients Database / Home and Landscape / Statewide IPM Program

ipm.ucanr.edu

Feed stores and Lowes/Home Depot both carry sulphur. Some folks put it around their house to keep snakes from crawling inside.

 

[The^Dude]

It said the sulfur dust worked against the mites. You could wash the plant just before harvest. Sulfur is low in toxicity to humans and mammals.
"Both sulfur dust and wettable sulfur are effective for russet mite control. Do not grow tomatoes near petunias or any solanaceous plants, such as potato, as they are other hosts of the russet mite. "

Tomato Russet Mite / Home and Landscape / UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM)

ipm.ucanr.edu

and

Pesticide Active Ingredients Database / Home and Landscape / Statewide IPM Program

ipm.ucanr.edu

Feed stores and Lowes/Home Depot both carry sulphur. Some folks put it around their house to keep snakes from crawling inside.

Early enough in the cycle to give it a try. Thanks