Is this caused by spider mites?

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Posted by ari04 9b (My Page) on

Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 12:53

My tomato plants have started to get these lately, I'm new growing tomatoes so I don't really know what they are but from what I've seen it's something like spider mites or am I wrong?

Thanks you all for your help, I really appreciate it =)

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Posted by ari04 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 12:55

Another picture of my plants

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Posted by jean001a 7 Portland OR (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 1:12

Not spider mites.
That pot is really small for a tomato plant.

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Posted by ari04 none (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 5:39

Yeah I know, I usually like to transplant them a couple of times and bury their stem a bit deeper each time so that they grow more roots.

However these white spots started appearing on a couple of my plants a few days ago and I don't really know what is causing it.

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Posted by seysonn 7b WA/HZ 1 (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 8:52

Well. First thing first.

1- I would prune those lower leaves, anyway.
2- Repot, burying down more (another 5" or so)
3- spray with fungicide. I like Neem Oil spray: It is Fungicide and pesticide both in one. It is also organic.
Tomato plants , compared to other garden veggies, have very little pest problems. And once they get bigger I would not worry about pests but watch for bacterial diseases, both soil and air borne. Those are number one tomato killers.

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