Bugs maybe?

I have 9 plants going in the veg state. I just noticed today that on one plant there are very small gold/amber bumps on the stem.

As far as I can tell they are only on one plant. The don't move or if they do it is unobservable. I haven't seen any bite marks/ spots on the leaves anywhere & no webbing or anything. I have looked at them under 60x mag and I can't really make out any defining features. They are only about the size of a grain of sand. They are kind of brittle and remind me of minuscule dobs of caramelized sugar... or maybe eye boogers.

Unfortunately I can't get pics, which would probably be more useful than any text description I could write.

I'll go ahead and start working on getting rid of them but if anyone has any idea on what they could be that would be wonderful.


P.S: I accedentaly niked one of my plants and the fluid it excreted was red. Is that normal/ why is it red?

Okay, I've had a chance to inspect them further. They are def not bugs. So this doesn't really belong in this section anymore. Although if any of you have any idea what tiny gold/amber crystals are doing on the stem of 1 plant that would be cool.

having the same problem as you described and i was informed that they could be what is called scale. im trying neem oil but still seeing them crawling around on the stems
would love to know if those hotshot pest strips will work or if i need to get azatrol after all.