Oh, for...ARGH!

[WeirdWiredWolf]

My current plant was just shy of harvest (I had been battling PH and mite issues but things seemed to be under control), and decided to suddenly drop all her fan leaves so I decided to chop. I go in to start cutting and I find this on the main stem (pic)

WTF is this stuff and is anything I harvest from the plant safe? Smaller branches seem to be unaffected, but everything is quite definitely dry (maybe too dry).

[Spidermite]

That is something ive never seen. Can we get someone here who knows what the hell the alien being is on his plant?

[Gingerbeard]

That looks a whole lot like scale. I'm not going to give you remedies because I've only treated it on outdoor garden plants. Google it.

[Colombo]

I would agree, they been there for awhile! Sucked the plant dry.

[WeirdWiredWolf]

Yowza. I have no idea how I got these things...unless one of us brought in something that was infested, but none of our other plants (either my weed or roomie's other houseplants) are showing signs of anything weird. My two vegging plants seem fine, I'm gonna scrub the hell out of the tent before putting anything else in there.

[Gingerbeard]

Sorry. I meant dish soap. Not oil.

[uncledoug]

Gingerbeard's solution also works great to remove Skunk spray from your dog or yourself.

[alltatup]

That is some ugly ass shit on your plant!!!

[billyboy]

"scale" = bugs?

[Gingerbeard]

Yep. Little sap suckers and honeydew poopers. Google 'scale insect'.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

https://www.growweedeasy.com/barnacles-scales-cannabis