TwoManyThumbs
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It looks like a calcium def a little but the tips and new leaves are all fine. Its spreading slowly and I just cant figure it out.
Could this be rust spots?
LittleCat
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It looks a bit like calcium def. but without other signs i would first check for insects, if oldest growth and newest growth look fine thats the first thing that pops to my mind 
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TwoManyThumbs
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Looks like its time to get a magnifying glass then lol
LittleCat
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yeah, in the meantime you could take a spray bottle fill it with water and add 2-3 drops of soap and spray it well, mainly under the leaves
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TwoManyThumbs
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So does the mild soap in the water help with most pests? I remember reading that it helped with spider mites
Looks like mites to me.... 
LittleCat
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Yeah it does, helps with aphids too, works for the most insects as well in my experience since it dries them up but in case you have super mutant mites i would make a trip to the local flower shop anyways, try with soap water first and try to find them, its the only way you will really know
but in case you have super mutant mites i would make a trip to the local flower shop anyways, try with soap water first and try to find them, its the only way you will really know thegreengrocr
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I vote for thrips. Got the little buggers now. I first thought I had a nitrogen deficiency until magnification @ 10x. They turn leaves a rust color and have small trails of damage. Looks like more then the pin marks I get from mites.
OldMedUser
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I've had that on a few plants in the past and it doesn't seem to go too far or seem to hurt the plant. Some sort of virus or bacteria I assume because I've never found any bugs. Mite bites are usually white and randomly all over a leaf where thrips dine on each cell side by side and their damage looks like little windows you can actually see light through.
A little 10x magnifying glass works good enough to see what kind of bug, if any, are under the leaves. Little golden globules that look like fat resin glands with no stalks are mite eggs where the thrips lay their eggs right in the cells of a leaf on the underside close ti the crotch. I do have a 30X old scope from Radio Shack if I need a closer look.
A little 10x magnifying glass works good enough to see what kind of bug, if any, are under the leaves. Little golden globules that look like fat resin glands with no stalks are mite eggs where the thrips lay their eggs right in the cells of a leaf on the underside close ti the crotch. I do have a 30X old scope from Radio Shack if I need a closer look.
