Weird seed like liquid filled things....

[Guest Field_of_Light]

Popped over to a mates place and was in the middle of trimming when I noticed these weird things on some branches and on a few of the leaves.

 

They kind of looked like half a seed shell attached to the stems mostly and the odd leaf....when you press them a yellow liquid comes out.....they are not part of the plant from what I can tell as no mark is left when it is removed off a branch or leaf...so they dont seem to be eating the chlorophil.....

 

There seem tobe 2 different types...the smaller browner ones and the larger darker brown ones

 

The look pretty gross....and no they dont move....

 

Its creeping me out

[Ferre]

can you add a picture?

[wassily]

Sounds a bit like scale that you get on rose bushes. Odd. Did you taste em?

[Green finger]

ive had them on an outdoor grow dont know what they are but they dont seem to hurt the plant

[Gruntus]

Noticed these on my outdoor plants. I concluded that when I was getting lazy and pulling off dying shade leaves (rather than cutting them a cm from their base) the plant would secrete a resin that would harden into these small brown shells. After a bit they would form a scab which would come off easily (not that ithis was neccessary). The resin, sap, whatever, always had a pleasant sweet taste.

[Guest Field_of_Light]

Thanks guys!

 

I think Gruntus hit it on the head.....

 

Thankgoodness they werent alive...I started itching mtself in case they were in some sort of hibernating state waiting for a host to come along and eat me...

 

Man im still scratching myself....needless to say I didnt go back to check em out...sorry no pics....