rufflepuffle
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Hi there,
I've been growing my first plant (Monster skunk) indoors in a tent for 3 and a half weeks. While being focused on lights, humidity and temperature I feel that I ignored something important, and I'm suspecting having more that an infestation coming.
I'm using an all-round biologic soil, and since the first days I've noticed some tiny white bugs walking around the soil. at first I didn't care much because I had bought it from a gardening store and assumed it was natural, and these guys seem to have multiplied, because they are all around the soil, but don't seem to climb up the plant (I've noticed that they can jump). last week I left on holidays and before leaving, noticing that the population had increased and my bottom leaves were turning kind of yellow I did some research and thought it might be some kind of aphids. Also read that having some companion plants could help. Apparently peppermint and sweet basil make good companions, so I added two pots to my tent. (I also started my NPK feeding just in case of having some lack of nitrogen on the soil).
When I got home today I inspected my plant and noticed something else. First of all there were traces of spider mites (some webbing around and between leaves) and when I looked underneath the leaves there were some tiny black spots and another kind of bug that I'm not sure what it is (see on photo). I know that it was my fault, by being naive on thinking to bring some plants to the same environment, but now it's too late.
The plant seems far from healthy but I don't want to quit on her, and I'd like to avoid using any chemical products on it.
Today I realized for the first time that she may not thrive at all and that left me really frustrated, because it's been really cool to see it growing. I'll accept any advices, or information sources.
Do you think there's hope?
I've been growing my first plant (Monster skunk) indoors in a tent for 3 and a half weeks. While being focused on lights, humidity and temperature I feel that I ignored something important, and I'm suspecting having more that an infestation coming.
I'm using an all-round biologic soil, and since the first days I've noticed some tiny white bugs walking around the soil. at first I didn't care much because I had bought it from a gardening store and assumed it was natural, and these guys seem to have multiplied, because they are all around the soil, but don't seem to climb up the plant (I've noticed that they can jump). last week I left on holidays and before leaving, noticing that the population had increased and my bottom leaves were turning kind of yellow I did some research and thought it might be some kind of aphids. Also read that having some companion plants could help. Apparently peppermint and sweet basil make good companions, so I added two pots to my tent. (I also started my NPK feeding just in case of having some lack of nitrogen on the soil).
When I got home today I inspected my plant and noticed something else. First of all there were traces of spider mites (some webbing around and between leaves) and when I looked underneath the leaves there were some tiny black spots and another kind of bug that I'm not sure what it is (see on photo). I know that it was my fault, by being naive on thinking to bring some plants to the same environment, but now it's too late.
The plant seems far from healthy but I don't want to quit on her, and I'd like to avoid using any chemical products on it.
Today I realized for the first time that she may not thrive at all and that left me really frustrated, because it's been really cool to see it growing. I'll accept any advices, or information sources.
Do you think there's hope?
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