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I was initially going to say 100% no to spider mites, however after viewing your post, and running to go check on my baby, i think it might be a possibility, but still not likely. I inspected some of the under sides of the leaves; no moving bugs or anything, but on some of the leaves, there were a few tiny white spots, which you could tell were not part of the leaf...i took out my scope, looked and saw what i can only describe as white sand-looking granuals...not spherical like an egg, and almost the tint of a milky trich....but def. not a trichome. and as i said, these were just tiny dots on some leaves, spread apart....i crushed them with my finger and it didnt seem to do much....no web, no crawling bugs on foliage.
however, i have been battling fungus gnats for about a month now, i thought i won the war a few weeks back by putting on new top soil and doing a soil drench of k+neem and natural insecticidal soap, as the gnats disappeared for a few days, however there seems to be more now, quite a bit more....but i never see them on/near buds or foliage, just on the soil....i would love to hear of a way to take care of these bloody pests without costing a dime, but if it means the safety of my crop is in jepordy, price is not an issue...
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