Bugs and Probs!

[cloneX]

Hope someone can help me, wondering what the issue is with the yellow lower leaves, also these bugs have drilled holes in the young leave as they emerge, just wanted to show them to anyone who has a similar problem, these are the adults by the way, young are too small to catch and photograph, can only kill the buggers by crushing them



How long has this problem been going on? A few weeks

What STRAIN are you growing? Unknown

What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) Lovely Clone

What is the age of your plants? 9 weeks

How Tall are the plants? 18 inches

What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? Vegetative

What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc) just standard let it do its own thing

What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot) one plant in 7" pot.

What substrate/medium are you using? What brand of soil mixture are you using?(percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?) Compost with perlite

What Nutrient's are you using?How much of each with how much water? How Often? *Knowing the brand is very helpful* I use Phostrogen and Tomato Food once a week

What is the TDS/EC/PPM of your nutrients used? Dont know

What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"? Last I checked it was around 6.0

What method of pH test was administered? Using Strips? pH pen? stupid spa strips, i used the liquid ph test kit where u add a drop to the water

How often are you watering? Depends on weather, don't like them to be over wet

When was your last feeding and how often are you feeding? Usually once a week

What size bulb are you using? The Sun, when it appears from the clouds

What is the distance to the canopy? 92900000 miles

What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity)between 40% and 60%

What is the canopy temperature? Depends on the weather

What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include fluctuation range) Not sure

What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) Depends on how strong the wind is

Is the fan blowing directly at plants? No

Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist? Not usually but has been this week

Is your water HARD or SOFT? I add Ph Down

What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water? I use Tap water

Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched? No

Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when? No Chem

Are plant's infected with pest's? Not infected, but are some green things that nibble the new leaves and when they are fully developed, lots of small holes in them, but that is not a prob it just makes them look crap, bugs piss off as resin develops

 

[southwind]

stink bugs, assasin bugs, hemiptera

stink bugs, assasin bugs, hemiptera

Looks like Hemiptera or the 'true bug' family. Insect has proboscis that sucks out juices of plant and or consumes leaves.Can eventually cause toxins to build in plant. Most insecticides are effective.

The common form of these is a stink bug, its kind of angular and green.

some hemiptera are beneficial, like assasin bugs, eat other insects.


sw

 

[LokiBC]

They kind of look like winged aphids. If you have an aphid infestation, you'll find clusters of them under the leaves. Often you'll see a steady stream of ants coming and going, as well. If you only have one plant, the easiest way to eliminate them is mechanically (squash 'em). If they're moving too fast to catch, they aren't aphids. Maybe you have two different pests. The small ones may be thrips?

Loki

 

[Ulysses]

I'm going to go with the "four-lined bug"- those are the adults...

The suck the sap from the leaf and leave a series of 1mm brown spots which turns into 1mm holes sooner or later... They move fast and are hard to kill remotely- you have to stay on top of them with bug spray.

Fortunately, they don't live the whole summer and should be dying out by now. I had a swarm of them eat my Blueberries making them look like hell but they are recovering nicely now...

 

[stinkyattic]

I think you have more than one insect. Both the ones shown, and thrips, which are so small as larvae (the destructive instar) as to go unnoticed.

Hm... but.... I feel like I am participating in some Groundhog Day shit here....

 

[Pirate138]

Neem oil foliar sprayed should help.

 

[cloneX]

Hi Ulysses your description seems closest to what these "four-lined bug" are, is that their name, I've been trying to find out exactly what they are. They do look like four-lined bugs but are not brightly coloured, they are green and hard to see & move quickly, see pic these are adults, nymphs are to easily crushed

 

[southwind]

hello

hello

This is a link to photos and some data on control of this pest.

I am still going with Hemiptera that Pentagonal thorax is just too much like them.

it looks alot like Hemiptera 'Capsid Bug"

http://www.lovethegarden.com/problemsolving/capsidbug.html

look here and see how close this looks to yours

http://www2.dicom.se/fuchsias/stinkflyeng.html

 

[cloneX]

Thanks southwind, finally I have found out what these green buggers are "Capsid Bugs".Not so many around now but they've caused their damage