Should prob also mention that when I seen those issues and ended up throwing plants in my greenhouse to flower out ( great airflow again) they proceeded to flower just fine, new growth was lush and green and fire buds came in looking fabulous
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Hap, had for me to tell whatās going on without some close upsā¦Rust is pretty easy to diagnoseā¦it always starts on the bottom of the leavesā¦all you see at first are scattered spots of lighter green or yellow on the bottom of the leavesā¦in a few days they turn orange/red and the shitās everywhere !
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How would you treat it? Is it easy to reverse or stop in its tracks? Letās get as much information on here as we can so when he wakes up tonight (His morning) he will have a ton of information to go through and maybe be able to figure this out.
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I donāt know if this will help, but it is a good read.
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lensing from water drops ?
if your soil has sand in it Silica you have already
shovel full of sand in your inside mix helps
peace and be safe
Dequilo
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Hap, probably the most available treatment for rust for most cannabis growers, is a SULFUR or lime sulfur sprayā¦these are usually pretty available at a local garden shopā¦it can be a tough one to control if itās in full rampage !
If you have bud on your plants sulfur can be hard on trichs, also if you dou use it make sure you plan for a generous bud wash/rinse with H2O2 after harvest or your weed is going to taste like shite !!
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I donāt think he is flowering because yesterday was the longest day of the year for them down south.So if you can find sulfur in South Africa you should be good with the treatment. He probably wonāt see flowers for at least a month maybe more. 
@TheMadFlascher with the limited photos you have above what do you think it looks like?
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I just canāt tell from that distant a pictureā¦hopefully Cris can get us some close upsā¦Iām just guessing that he has some pretty hi RH so that opens the door to a bunch of possible fungiā¦hope for the best
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Iād say a defoliation is prob in order, very least the bottom stuff, get some air flowing in the plants and roots, fungi loves the humidity and stagnant co2
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Yup, completely missed that one ! Makes more sense !! Looking at it I donāt think itās Septoria because thereās no yellow haloing around the lesionsā¦
I believe what we have here is most probably a Alternaria infection. Not familiar with Alternaria species in South Africa but in this country there are many species and it affects just about all economic cropsā¦
If you carefully look at some of the background leaves (far left lower center) you can see very typical yellow leaves with irregular lesions. Another thing that leads me to Alternaria is that the lesions almost always form and begin developing on the leaf margins (edges).
This is a pretty difficult to control fungus that usually starts near the bottom of the plant and spreads in a upward kind of random pattern.
Chemical control is required and again, Iām not sure whatās available in S Africa. However I do know SA has a lot of ag and so I;m reasonably sure they have control measures availableā¦One chemical that works pretty well if the infection is caught early enough is called Clorothalonil . It will probably take several sprays about 7-10 days apart to do the trick.
Usually if you donāt catch before it effects more than about 1/3 to 1/2 the plantā¦itās gone to far and the plants arenāt salvagableā¦
Chris, if you should happen to have some kind of ag āadvisersā available ask them what treatments (chemicals) are available for treating Alternariaā¦Sorry I canāt help more but thatās my best takeā¦
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Sorry Hap didnāt go up far enough to see the pictureā¦Good ole @nacho151 had to kind of āfocusā my attentionā¦I hope Chris can tackle itā¦
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I hear this helps for a fungal infectionā¦ 
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LOL, thatās what the label says! āClinically Provenā, unfortunately beyond my realm of expertiseā¦for some reason they always denied me entrance to those labs at school !!!
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ROFL 
Thatās the cleanest dirty joke Iāve ever heard!
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Guys, thank you for all your advice. @TheMadFlascher , wow, you are a book of information. I am doing my work and finding out what is available locally. I have followed some advice above already and cleared the bottom stems for better airflow, going to remove the leaves tomorrow and see what transpires in the next couple days. Much appreciated GN community, lets nip this in the bud.
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Literallyā¦
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