Possible broad mites? (Please no no no)

[CANDIDATEforGOD]

I've ordered a microscope but it doesn't arrive for a couple days. Pictures are at day 33, rust like burning inside leaves and leaf edges curling upwards. Happening more towards the middle to top of plants. Plants are also turning a pale green/yellow. Pistils are fine, white and perky with no signs of damage. I thought i was dealing with pythium or mosaic but doing research led me to possible broad mite damage which would be horrible. The strain is OG and I've been using the same nute formula for 2+ years with this strain.

 

[seeded]

It looks more like a pH induced lockout than bug damage to me so I'd give them a flush to reset the medium and see if it gets any worse. If they get worse it'll more than likely have to be due to an outside source like bugs. You should also turn your fans up a bit to deal with the heat stress the girls are experiencing.

What's the medium, nutes, dosages, pH, temperature range, etc. that you're using on them anyway? The more information you provide the more accurate people can be with their advice on how to help.

 

[CANDIDATEforGOD]

Medium - ocean forest soil
Nutes - house and garden line plus bud candy, silica, big time enzyme, moab weeks 6 and 7
Ppm - 1200 to 1600 wk1-4 then back down to 1400 wk5-7
Ph - 6.5 wk1-4 6.6wk 5-6. 6.7wk7
Temp- AC keeps ambient room at 72-77, 81 under lights

I did do a flush yesterday cause it does look like a nutrient buildup to me. The frustrating thing is I've had no signs of this for 2-3 years using same nutes and temps. I was thinking pythium or mosiac cause my last pull a third of my crop ended up larfy for some unknown reason and grow store fella said he thought it could be broad mites. No signs of any damage in my veg room (but sulfur is burned for an hour a day). How fast do broad mites take over and destroy? This seems gradual from weeks 3 til now.

 

[Loc Dog]

From your description, sounds like what I had with spider mites (or something similar) and thrips. Broad mites gave me a twist to the leaves. I thought it was nute burn, because leaf tips turned brown. I threw out the entire grow with broad mites, before I even identified them, because plants were so fucked up. They inject poison into leaves. Will post a picture here, but have to search for it.

Your last picture looks like my thrip and spider mite damage, but a lot worse. Here is the broadmite damage on GG4 leaves -



Some one in Italy took one look at it and told me broad mites. Broke out microscope, and found a couple. It does not take many per leaf to ruin a plant.

 

[king oscar]

I haven't had broads but I can say the damage is consistent with russet mites.

They are hard to scope at first but if they are the case you will know very quickly.

Are the symptoms spread evenly through your crop? Any changes in lighting?

 

[Loc Dog]

I haven't had broads but I can say the damage is consistent with russet mites.

They are hard to scope at first but if they are the case you will know very quickly.

Are the symptoms spread evenly through your crop? Any changes in lighting?

I did not have any webbing, so might have been russet mites and thrips. Under scope saw some forward pointing legs that looked like spider mite pictures.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&ie=UTF-8&rct=j#q=pictures+of+russet+mite+damage

 

[SadgrowerinRio]

did it look like this?

did it look like this?

did you're plant begin like this?

 

[BakedBandit]

What if it did? Not trying to be an ass, I wanna know what you think made that plant look like that?