What kind of eggs are these?

Went to lollipop my plants and found these little white balls everywhere. They are all towards the top of the plant and mostly on the stems. When I touch them they crumble which made me think they could be little pieces of perlite but they seem to uniform. One out of my 4 plants has it everywhere... then just a couple on another one. I have no sign of spider mite damage and see no mites what so ever, and I've battled them before so I know what to look for. What could this be? I just flipped into 12/12 exactly 1 week ago and I don't have any buds forming yet. Can I / Should I spray with Azamax (Thats the only thing I have right now) ?

Think they could be scales/barnacle insects? Would they crumble apart though?

just as a precaution I'd spray with Azamax the commercial prep. of Neem Oil every week

good luck

id hit that with neem every day until flowers.
I think those are aphids. when they hatch they your plants. ants kill the shit out of them, farm them even in a grow room, but neem is your answer. fire works too, but I'd hold off until dried and rolled...

chemphlegm said:

id hit that with neem every day until flowers.
I think those are aphids. when they hatch they your plants. ants kill the shit out of them, farm them even in a grow room, but neem is your answer. fire works too, but I'd hold off until dried and rolled...

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Funny thing with aphids to get eggs you gotta have aphids ....lol

second aphids(imo) don't lay eggs

but whitefly do but they leave tell tale white dots on leaves

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid)

I saw the same post on another forum and I have to say that those eggs are definetly NOT farm fresh.

I second the white flies just get a yellow sticky fly trap and hang it up they are cheap.

Not white fly eggs! Wrong shape and location!

Do they come off if you simply run a finger over it? Is it hard if you pinch it?

Looks like fine perlite stuck on the plant to me! I mean you say it crumbles!

Bug eggs don't "crumble"!

Dr. Who said:

Not white fly eggs! Wrong shape and location!

Do they come off if you simply run a finger over it? Is it hard if you pinch it?

Looks like fine perlite stuck on the plant to me! I mean you say it crumbles!

Bug eggs don't "crumble"!

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Spot on answer, this must be why you get paid the big bucks sir

To OP...do you have a fan blowing constantly on them? (near impossible to get most insects with proper airflow below/above canopy) but little pieces of perlite fly around like crazy...if you're hand feeding them my guess is the waterpot tip touched the soil and as you were watering it rubbed off onto the plants...happens all the time...if you want to really see if they're bug eggs take a fan leaf, stick it in a ziploc...then find a few of those white pieces and stick them in there with it...eggs hatch pretty quick in warmth so set them on your balast or near a heater....you should be fine as perlite won't hatch...and if whateer it is does hatch...well you'll be able to snap pictures as they're contained in a bag....good luck and for the record i think you're totally safe

It's scale insects