Sick plant need advice please

[redeye1]

Hi chaps, thanks for looking, pictured bellow is my plant, as you can see she's not looking good, i have a mite problem but are they the real problem? its around harvest time now give or take a few days and has only started to produce resin in the last week, the trich's are still 90% cloudy which should indicate ive a lot longer left to go than expected!


IMAG0073 by beaners gona eat beans, on Flickr

above is the top, ive been told removing the main flower aint a good idea but as ive topped several times can i remove this as its almost dead anyway? what harm can it do?


IMAG0074 by beaners gona eat beans, on Flickr


IMAG0075 by beaners gona eat beans, on Flickr


IMAG0076 by beaners gona eat beans, on Flickr

and above is the rest from top down, buds round the bottom are swelling slowly but deteriorate the higher you move up, any ideas from any one would be great thanks.

 

[MHHSP]

Spider mites are your main problem yes you need to get rid of em! and the plants as well, they look pretty infected... it has clearly stunted/mutated growth. Sorry man but not lookin good. Looks like ya got nute burn as well which will further stress a plant and make them more susceptible to insect attacks and infection.

 

[MynameStitch]

Spider mites are your main problem yes you need to get rid of em! and the plants as well, they look pretty infected... it has clearly stunted/mutated growth. Sorry man but not lookin good. Looks like ya got nute burn as well which will further stress a plant and make them more susceptible to insect attacks and infection.

Yup, fully agree with MHHSP on this one, you got your hands full since your few days away from harvest.....
Also are you flushing your plants with a lot of water? I would try to avoid harvest just yet until you can kill off some of the little bastards, I am sure she stunted from the mites and your potency and size have been compromised, read the mite thread at the top of this fourm, it will tell you what you need to know how to rid of them.

How far into flowering is this one?

 

[redeye1]

Hi thanks for the responses, I had a might problem at another place I grew, didn't do as much damage, plus the started from the bottom up not top down? This plant has been in flower 8 weeks today I started from seed in soil and its chronic, ive tried varous insect/pesticides, even used soap, rubbing alcohole, and a few brands from shops, mites seem to be imune, not much I can really do at this stage, keep sprayin grow room with water to try and raise humidity a bit and keep rubbing off mites I can get to.

Also I've put the light cycle down to 6 hours to try slow them down a bit, wanted to cut the top off as its not doing much apart from wasting plants energy, but not sure what harm this can do?

 

[MHHSP]

For 8 weeks in flower those plants are fucked man, looks like week 1-2 at best. Really recommend you trash the plants and sterilize the room. Your wasting energy just keepin those alive. Try again and keep shit clean as hell.

 

[redeye1]

Can't just kill a plant an throw it, I know its had it but I'm gonna give it another week, trich's are just starting to go cloudy again, will enjoy smoking what i do get, thanks for the help tho, boiled some strong cigarettes in water like mentioned in the thread mentioned earlier on another plant seems to have killed most the mites, will spray again in a few days.

 

[Stray]

do us a smoke report!

 

[Young Trees]

Come on guys....Spider Mites are not the main problem. The main problem in this pic is most everything.
To begin with, It looks like it may be hotter than hell itself in your cab..those things aren't even near being done, let alone buds? WHat genetic is that? Hemp? Seriously. There are no nugs..I've seen plants do that in really hot temps, like 85+, they never develop nugs and stay all whispy and airy. The plant throws out few white flower hairs, and the leaves, I mean you have singles on the entire plant..Did someone clone flwering plants and give you them to throw into flower? Those things never re-vegged, where are the five leaf fans?

I see many problems with those, and Spider mites are not the MAIN issue. If they were devastated by spider mites, you'd se webs, web cones, spider mites all over crawling, I mean those would be cocoons, I've seen fat nugs covered in mites..
You have major, genetic, flowering clones, heat issues, etc IMVHE


Can you elaborate on genetics, temps, condition of clones used etc. I don't see a terrible infestation that would cause you o have hemp...

 

[Young Trees]

Where's the buds?

Where's the buds?

Come on guys....Spider Mites are not the main problem. The main problem in this pic is most everything.
To begin with, It looks like it may be hotter than hell itself in your cab..those things aren't even near being done, let alone buds? WHat genetic is that? Hemp? Seriously. There are no nugs..I've seen plants do that in really hot temps, like 90+, they never develop nugs and stay all whispy and airy. Not the temps on the wall, the temps directly under the light, radiant heat etc.The plant throws out few white flower hairs, and the leaves, I mean you have singles on the entire plant..Did someone clone flwering plants and give you them to throw into flower? Those things never re-vegged, where are the five leaf fans?

I see many problems with those, and Spider mites are not the MAIN issue. If they were devastated by spider mites, you'd se webs, web cones, spider mites all over crawling, I mean those would be cocoons, I've seen fat nugs covered in mites..you don't even have a bud, that isn't going to yield even an eighth of flower..
You have major, genetic, flowering clones, heat issues, etc IMVHE


Can you elaborate on genetics, temps, condition of clones used etc. I don't see a terrible infestation that would cause you to have such undeveloped, scraggly sticks, I'm not hating or clowning man, just being straight up with you. These people who are saying Spider Mites are your main issue have no experience in real life growing IMO

 

[el dub]

That plant isn't even worth the time it took to make this thread, imo. No offense, but is this a joke?
lw

 

[Young Trees]

That plant isn't even worth the time it took to make this thread, imo. No offense, but is this a joke?
lw

I also thought it may be a joke, but I do know many newbies who need help, including MYnamestitch, Dude, you need some help man! You should be ashamed saying this guy has spider mite issues...lame..

 

[GanjaPharma]

i will add my voice to those who say destroy those infected plants! you will NEVER get any smoke from those poor things, @ 8 weeks they are done with life anyhow, and all they seem to have produced is a few sad pistils. the mites are everywhere in your room, and prolly on your clothes etc...
start over
clean your room and spray it down with 50% alcohol H20 mix
treat during veg with floramite (a systemic miticide) you can get it cheaply by the 1oz either on ebay or direct from floramite. treat again before they go into flower, then use neem or azamax until 2 weeks into flowering.
your plants look very heat stressed too, but that could be the mites....make sure air temps are under control (less than 80F at least)

and
if i had to guess....you have a light leak or timer issue that is keeping your girls from flowering properly. if your timers are verified ok, i suggest sitting in the closet for 10-15 minutes until you adjust to the dark, and look for a ny pinprick or crack of light.
best of luck...and my sincere condolences

 

[redeye1]

I did mention I cant see mites being the main cause! If i had to make a choice of above suggestions id go with heat issue, buds around the bottom aint the biggest but they have developed as for the top wasted! Temp in the top of the room is mid 90s bottom? Bang on 80.

I dont care how much ppl say its a waste of space cause it aint, chuckin it in the bin would be a waste of time and space! I had a test smoke earlier today and was happy with the buz, and the answer to the leaves is this strain is chronic they normaly grow small leaves with 3 tips not 5! I've been smoking herb for over 10 years and growing for 2, she may not look her best and not have the biggest yeild but like a book never judge one by its cover! not in it for the money I like a smoke and enjoy growing it.

 

[redeye1]

I did mention I cant see mites being the main cause! If i had to make a choice of above suggestions id go with heat issue, buds around the bottom aint the biggest but they have developed as for the top wasted! Temp in the top of the room is mid 90s bottom? Bang on 80.

I dont care how much ppl say its a waste of space cause it aint, chuckin it in the bin would be a waste of time and space! I had a test smoke earlier today and was happy with the buz, and the answer to the leaves is this strain is chronic they normaly grow small leaves with 3 tips not 5! I've been smoking herb for over 10 years and growing for 2, she may not look her best and not have the biggest yeild but like a book never judge one by its cover! not in it for the money I like a smoke and enjoy growing it.

 

[bobman]

Is that plant growing into the reflector on the first pic. Man you have got some serious issues going on. I know its painful now but one day you will look back and laugh. You have the perfect storm of problems going on here. What do the bottom buds look like? I would love to see a picture of those. This is a great learning experience opportunity. I would say mites, light leak and heat and who knows what else. what are these growing in and what do you mean you turned down the light another 6 hours?

 

[redeye1]

Below is a link to a previous thread with more info an better pics

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=190960

 

[redeye1]

Below is a link to a previous thread with more info an better pics

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=190960

 

[Aksala]

Those leaves look alot like Thrip damage.....I had a crop go all the way through flower with thrips and although they weren't as bad as those.....it looks an awful lot alike.

Check out the thrips thread that is stickied....helped me identify the problem and cure it with Spinosad...now my plants are all healthy as shit.

 

[redeye1]

Update. Checked trich's today 50/50 clear/milky, so I chopped her down, fast dried a little test smoke and 100% over satisfied with result, just as good as any other

 

[MHHSP]

Nothing wrong with throwing a plant like that out because your wasting your time, you NEED to get rid of it and start over. I would say you need to review the basics of growing check out green mans page.