So my plants have been showing symptoms of broad mites and when I look under my cheap little 100x ecoplus microscope all I can find are these round milky white little globule looking things... the closest thing they resemble are spider mite eggs but I def do not have spider mites... any one have any clue what these are?
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Round milky "eggs" under leaves?? what are these things
- Thread starter Chronikus
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broad mite eggs aren't round, they are oval with bumps all over them.
eggs under leaves = spidermites. when you turn the leaf to the light do you see a million little feed moving to get to some shade? spidermites. i've had good success with washing the leaves by wiping them down by hand with a wet paper towel with alcohol on it. if it's not flower yet then spray the plant down with alcohol bottom up. as in underside of leaves vs spraying on top. once or twice a day for a week or 2. their lifetime is like 1 week. new eggs hatch in 3 days. so about 10-14 days nonstop spraying if you wanna kill em all.
i also found hotshot pest strips kill anything if you hang one in your cab for about a week.
contains a known carcinogen so don't breathe it in. leave it in box, let it work, when done remove from area where you might breathe the fumes over extended time.
i also found hotshot pest strips kill anything if you hang one in your cab for about a week.
contains a known carcinogen so don't breathe it in. leave it in box, let it work, when done remove from area where you might breathe the fumes over extended time.
Yes I know what broad mite eggs look like... and I definitely do not have spider mites I have dealt with spider mites many times before.
WTF are these round milky white egg looking things under my leaves??
Why are my plants struggling and all jacked up exactly like broad mite damege yet I cannot see a single broad mite egg or any type of mite at all... all I see is these tiny little round milky white thingys? what the hell are they?
WTF are these round milky white egg looking things under my leaves??
Why are my plants struggling and all jacked up exactly like broad mite damege yet I cannot see a single broad mite egg or any type of mite at all... all I see is these tiny little round milky white thingys? what the hell are they?
Round eggs could be cyclamen mites, which are so tiny you can barely see them. they make leaf edges curl under.
bayarea925
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Cyclamen is my guess based on the leaf damage in your pics
Some info on cyclamen mites:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r734400211.html
Some info on cyclamen mites:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r734400211.html
yes those are likely cessile trichs i had a similar freek out. not saying you dont have mites but there are little pre resin gland trichs that dont have stalks that can be alarming on the underside of leaves.
All leaves have trichomes on them which you only notice under a scope. Look at any other cannabis leaf, and you will see the same thing. There is a difference between trichomes and eggs. Trichomes are smaller, and have round tops. Mite eggs are oval or elliptical.
Curling on your leaves could be mites, or it could be other things: high temps, over feeding, etc. Keep scoping. Look at broad mite thread which has tons of pictures of trichomes vs. eggs.
FunkJungle
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Also had a similar freakout when looking for broad mites for the first time with a digital scope
Yeah man I have read that entire thread all 150+ pages... I have been dealing with this shit for a while... I have ruled out and tested for almost everything imaginable ( N tox, Mg def, Ca def, Heat, etc...) and have narrowed it down to mites, the mythical TMV, or a mutation... just introduced a new strain so I guess I will find out soon enough...
My only question with it being a natural part of the plant is that it is not everywhere or balanced... I will find them in one area or on one leaf, then not see any for a bit, they are not bunched together but they are not everywhere...
yep thats what im talkin about too.
similar to these??? (not the circled spots. was thinking those were something else) Also now sute what to make, have a plant exhibiting the same conditions you speak of
