Lack of nutes, Fungus, or something else? please help

Not sure why the leaves are turning yellow.

Bruce Banner autoflower 7 weeks old its in a 5 gal grow bag
Fox Farm Ocean
Using nutes from ILGM along with the bug blast, root guard and mold shield
Growing outside and it gets hot here, around 100. Around 1 pm everyday I move her under a pergola where she can get some shade.

Weeks 1 -5 I didnt use any nutes just watered her. Looked real healthy until week 6. So I mixed in the flower time nutes 1/2 tsp with 2 L of water. The leaves that weren’t already yellow turned deep green, started looking real good. With it being so hot here I’m thinking I need to water her every other day. If that’s the case do I mix the nutes in every time I water? Should I be giving her a gallon of water with 1 tps of nutes?

Also I just spayed her with the mold shield. Say’s its suppose to kill and prevent fungus. I was started to think maybe that’s why the leaves look the way they do. Any help and advice is appreciated





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Looks like insect damage.
I see leaf miner damage in some spots.
A Spinosad based product is safe for cannabis.
Capt’n Jacks Dead Bug for instance

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I 2ed that. Looks more like insect damage to me.
I also think i spy a insect in the first pic bottom right zoom in. Might just be the soil but looks like a bug to me. May be wrong

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should I cut off the affected leaves?

Female leaf miners lay their eggs in the leaves and hatch fairly quickly. I would either spray with some sort of bug killer like @Spiney_norman suggested. (jacks dead bug is recommended alot here) or possibly remove. I normally just remove them on my veggie plants. It shouldnt be much different from cannabis in that aspect IMO.

If you spray make sure to get the entire plant and especially under the leafs incase you have any other insects hiding out. I dont tend to use any sprays so just make sure whatever you do use is cannabis friendly. Cap jacks dead bug is safe to use through out the entire cannabis life cycle. :call_me_hand:

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There isn’t any bugs on the plant at all. I check daily and I’ve sprayed using the bug blast from ILGM.

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I looked up leaf miners and it does look like that could be it. Are the prevention products on ILGM any good?

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Im not sure about that. Sorry im not much more help.

@Spiney_norman @Highgrow thanks for the help really appreciate it.

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I’m new to this also but I’ve been gardening for 20 years. I have planted 3 Bruce banners they are 7 weeks, I live in long Leland ny. Mine are doing pretty good. One thing I would recommend and I have done is to keep my plants away from my garden they are in plastic barrels 20” in miracle grow soil I customized tomato cages and cover with mosquito netting at nite I see you have your plant next to Cucumbers :cucumber: do you get slugs in your garden? Any how good luck :four_leaf_clover:

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Yes, they are miners. I cut off the leaf. You will not see them but they start to give way when you see the snail marks on the leaves. Just remove the entire leaf.

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I use a product called organishield. Company says the pest do not become immune to it. Best to you!

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