Speckled Leaves

[Renaissance Redneck]

...or epic thrips! ..look for black specks on the surfaces, that's their turds,... In any case, you need weapons of War, because this is won't be a simple battle, it's a war,.. specialty mite killers, Azamax, a spinosad product, all good, and get two different kinds for a much more effective 1-2 punch,.. get a wetting agent as well, like Coco-Wet, this will help coat the bastards better, kill faster,...

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This was taken through a jewelers loupe, after a little shake over paper. @dankstyle J @Heavily Medicated you were bang on. Some mite killer has been ordered, not what you guys posted as not sure if that's available that here.

Also, got a few questions if thats OK? Can a H2O2 mix misted onto the back of the leaves kill em off until the stuff ordered gets here? As a few of the plants are close to harvest will they affect that? There seems to be a few lady bugs about the house, has anyone introduced them before?

Brother, that is definitely looking "thripish". I'd follow Waira's recommendations to a T. As for H2O2, I've never heard of it being used against anything beyond powdery mildew and the like. It's main benefit is altering the pH beyond what molds and mildews can survive.
If you're close to harvest, avoid spraying anything on the buds.
While you wait for your weapons to arrive, any garden center will have insecticidal soap. Wipe the leaves with it, both sides, but make sure it's almost lights out time for your gals. Some soaps and oils can burn under intense lighting.

 

[BII]

Also, consider No-Pest Strips. I put a few in my tent, put a fan on them, shut off external ventilation and all or most light (heat sources) for about 30 minutes, and essentially fumigate the inside of the tent. It gets rather strong, you don't want to breath it. I'm confident no air-exposed insect (flying or crawling on surface) can survive, including spider mites.

Using this, I've never had spider mites, but I'm confident this, say combined with permethrin/pyrethrin and/or Spinosad insecticides, would take care of any infestations. Plus, unlike all these liquid pesticides, the fumes from the strips leave no residue, neither the plant nor soil takes up or retains any of it -- You just exhaust your tent, whether just venting it or running it through the filter first.

 

[dafthandler]

I'll get some more pics...

 

[dafthandler]

They are quite long! And after a closer look, they are everywhere! @BII I will give them strips a go, I think the population is far too big, and the plants too close to harvest for spray on stuff. I really wish I'd looked into this sooner, I really though it was a deficiency of some description. Thanks for all your help and advice, I really appreciate it.

 

[dafthandler]

Right, I have 2 Guard n Aid mini fumers coming, and some canna cure. I will smoke bomb the shit out of them as soon as the smoke bombs arrive. I will then CC the young plants. Then, 9 days later, I will smoke bomb again. That will hopefully do the trick....

 

[Heavily Medicated]

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They are quite long! And after a closer look, they are everywhere! @BII I will give them strips a go, I think the population is far too big, and the plants too close to harvest for spray on stuff. I really wish I'd looked into this sooner, I really though it was a deficiency of some description. Thanks for all your help and advice, I really appreciate it.

Definitely thrips. Not a good thing, but way better than getting spider mites.

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

Right, I have 2 Guard n Aid mini fumers coming, and some canna cure. I will smoke bomb the shit out of them as soon as the smoke bombs arrive. I will then CC the young plants. Then, 9 days later, I will smoke bomb again. That will hopefully do the trick....

Just my humble opinion, Friend, but I would reconsider both the bombs and the Hot Shots.
I would rather loose an entire grow than infuse my flowers with toxic residuals.
Killing bugs.... that's easy. Killing bugs without turning your hard earned buds into poisonous smoke, that's the trick.

 

[dafthandler]

Just my humble opinion, Friend, but I would reconsider both the bombs and the Hot Shots.
I would rather loose an entire grow than infuse my flowers with toxic residuals.
Killing bugs.... that's easy. Killing bugs without turning your hard earned buds into poisonous smoke, that's the trick.

Good point. The flowering plants are very close to harvest, a few weeks at the most, I will just use the canna cure until those two are chopped down.

 

[BII]

Right, I have 2 Guard n Aid mini fumers coming, and some canna cure. I will smoke bomb the shit out of them as soon as the smoke bombs arrive. I will then CC the young plants. Then, 9 days later, I will smoke bomb again. That will hopefully do the trick....

"Smoke bombs" and fumers sound extreme. They look to simply be just permethrin (pyrethrin) aerosol generators, spewing liquid mist. with droplets settling on your plants. [Yes, at this point, you likely need radical treatment]. Contrary to Mr. Redneck citing "toxic residuals," I'd first go with No-Pest Strips and see if that knocks them down (and if so do it again), because the active agent is a gas and does not enter or condense on the plant. [And any few stray molecules that do diffuse into the plant, will simply diffuse out later].

Or to get even more concentrated exposure, slide a plastic garbage bag over your plant and seal in a few No-Pest Strips (or even just 1) for a couple hours.

 

[Waira]

Gaaahhh!! yes, like I said, EPIC thrips invasion, full breeding population I bet, meaning there are pupating larvae in the soil now,.. multi generations is the point here,... I should have asked first, where are you in the grow, veg', bloom..? This will matter for treatment... bloom will make matters a real bitch, far easier if in veg' for treatments... HM has tangled with this and won! I also like BII's recommendation on the No Pest Strips, just because of the inescapable coverage with a gas,...I have not used them myself, as I'm outdoors, but thrips I know very well. The Strip need some researching, to see if they are safe for blooming plants,... The fumers I need to look up! If they're just pyrethrum (made from chrysanthemums, a food safe pesticide), they they'll be OK pending approved use on blooming plants,...
The soil will still need to be dealt with, probably using diatomaceous earth on the top,... larvae drop to the soil and bury themselves during a form of pupation, emerging as adult-- which can fly, BTW! This is why a whole tent attack is in order, they are highly mobile, and excellent hiders!