ring spot virus?!?!?!?!

[dash]

I've got 3 girls in 12/12 right now showing this sorta symptom, all 3 are right next to eachother, none of the other girls seem to be affected. I don't think it is a pest problem, I have fungus gnats, but haven't seen any other pests. There are not spider mites on them. friend of mine that's been growin for a while thinks it's might be ring spot virus, I surely hope it's not. What do yall think?

 

[dash]

Wow, no one has any guesses as to what this could be? A nute def or somethin? I don't feel so bad being stumped by it anymore.

 

[firsttimegrower]

hey im new here and to growing but i saw a pic of thrip damage that looked like that apparently they just suck the chlorophyll right out of the leaves and leave ashy white spots

 

[Pablo]

Thrips i would also say. KILL KILL KILL lol

 

[dash]

bugs are the first thing that I thought of, but I haven't seen any bugs either around or on the sticky traps near the plants. Also I know of no way they could get into the flower area. I'll look more into thrips so I know alittle better where to look for the lil bastards if they're there. Thanks

 

[sproutco]

Try maybe calcium deficiency.

 

[dash]

If it is thrips, are the thrip larva and eggs dependen on a moist top level of soil like fungus gnats? I recently discovered a way to kill off fungus gnats simply by wattering from the bottom of the pot so that the top soil is never moist. Will this kill off the thrip larva as well if it is in fact what I've got?

 

[sproutco]

Thrips are very small but you can see them with the naked eye. Look for moving things the size of a piece of pepper. Take your leaves and shake them over a sheet of white paper to see them better. If no insects, try cal def.

 

[firsttimegrower]

sproutco is the man he is on top of every sick plant thread. im now a devoted member of this site after only 2 days

 

[Guvnor]

Can't see perfectly, but from the your picture that's a fairly bad thrip infestation.
Spider mite damage and thrip damage can look fairly similar in the early stages, but once it progresses alittle more-its quite obvious which one it is. Any of your leave's been pieced? They're damage can result in patches of almost silver apperance- very very hard to see with the naked eye (as are spider mites), they can produce and cause damage at a alarming rate if not tackled quickly-belive me I know.

Is this the only plant affected by this, or are multiple plants showing the same symtoms? It just seems that the plant left of the affected one seems not to have this problem?

Like I said, this is how it looks from your shot.
Best of luck
Guv'nor

 

[Human Nature]

Your buddy dont know SHIT!! That looks like mites from here!!

 

[SomBud]

If it's bugs why aren't the rest of the plants affected .I can't beleive that many bugs on one plant and not the others .just a though.

 

[dash]

I can tell you as a matter of fact it is not mites, that much I am 100% sure of. There are 3 plants that show this kind of symptom, no others do. If thrips are so small, just how can you tell the difference between them and fungus gnats? I haven't seen any silver spots on them.