Are these spider mites?

[Guest]

pic one loots like spider mites. but i cant see anything like them on bottom of leaf.



this pic shows burn that go all the way though. some you can see though. any ideas on that. i didint see much about this on the sick plant guide.

 

[Guest]

close up of holes in pic 2.

 

[DocLeaf]

No... looks like a bug or caterpillar hole that's got infected.

keep checking the undersides of the leafs (that's where insects hide)

 

[Guest]

thanks a million. that is a big relief.

 

[panopticist]

This is indicative of a spider mite breakout. From personal experience, unfortunately...

 

[HeadyPete]

I think you have thrips. Look for little white or yellow 2 mm long, thin bugs on the tops of lower leaves. They move fast so look carefully. This is an excellent thread on thrips: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=61807

If it is thrips get Spinosad, otherwise known as Monterey Garden Spray. Organic, safe and deadly to thrips. I had em, I used it once, they are gone as far as I could tell. A followup spray 7 days later is recommended, but less is more as far as I am concerned.

Some of those other marks looks like the beginnings of calcium deficiency, a common ailment when the strain is real cal hungry.

Good luck.