Help! Some kind of scale on stems

[_the420guy]

little bumps that look like a slug with a shell
they are about a 1/16 of an inch
some clear sappy resin
spreading from bottom to top and quickly in the last week
girls are 6 weeks into flower
using soil

can anyone tell me what this is and how to take care of it please.

 

[Skipload]

Cant see anything, look up mealy bugs.

 

[_the420guy]

i konw my camra sucks
but they have a lite brown shell with a black strip runing through it
and when i scrape them off they look like a slug or snail

thanxs irish for some feed back
not mealy bugs i checked thanx anyway Skipload

 

[MynameStitch]

God it does look like scale.... is there any way you can get a more clear picture..... at least try to so I can be 100% sure that is what it is, cause if it is I can tell you how to rid of it.......

safer soap, neem oil,

home remidies like clove oil, cinnamon horticultural oil, insecticidal soaps are some.

You should have gotten rid of them before they got that bad..... they suck the juices from your plants man..... it's like having a leech on someones heart......

you can also spray them with water/alcohol spray, only on stem areas though.....
That is where they are mainly at is the stem/branch area......

 

[_the420guy]

best two pic i can get.
3 out of 10 have it its not spreading to others and was not this bad about a week ago just ran up the girls like a wild fire.

 

[MynameStitch]

yup, you got scale

Get rid of them on the plants that are still alive before they die too.

 

[_the420guy]

ok thanks stitch

btw what do you think caused this?
maybe the soil?the three were all planted at the same time

 

[MynameStitch]

Were your plants outside? If your plants were outside you can easily get pests....Your soil had to of been contaminated from via outside or soil from the company.

 

[_the420guy]

yeah the soil was outside but pre baged from the company

 

[MynameStitch]

There ya go! It's a risk when you use soil; not all brands are sterile and can guarantee you won't get pests.

You can get mites thirps all kinds of bugs.... ants.... you name it you can get it if it is in/ on the ground!

Why did you let it get so bad before asking for help? Hopw many plants did the scales kill?

 

[_the420guy]

it diden't look that bad and i was scraping them off then i couldent get in there for about a week and bam there all over
one i chopped cause it was the one in the pic the others are not as bad and will be saved
about 2 1/2 weeks left

 

[MynameStitch]

ahh I see, opportunistic bastards is what pests are!

 

[_the420guy]

i know eh

stickin with pro-mix from now on
never had a problem with it

 

[MynameStitch]

ZThere ya go
Hope it works well for ya! You can still get pests with it, but it's a lot harder than soil