Help identifying invisible bugs?

I have not seen any bugs on my plants the entire grow. I harvested a plant today because it started to throw pollen sacks late in flower. I noticed on a ton of the fan leaves there is some sort of damage and it looks like sap leaked out and healed the damaged area. I cant find any bugs anywhere, ive spent the last two hours looking through my microscope. The only real damage i see is to the stems. There is one spot that is either a clear bug or a fresh injury that just hasnt turned amber yet. Possibly found some eggs on the under side of the leaves? Or im completely wrong all together and I have no clue whats going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I took a closer look at the rest of my plants and it looks like for the most part, the one i harvested is the only one really affected but who knows. Please help.

After more searching I still find no bugs. I have probably closely inspected 200+ leaves by eye and put at least 50 under the microscope... nothing. I think its time to burn one and go to bed. Probably find invisible bed bugs.

Its just so strange to see stems leaking sap for no apparent reason. One of the plants has leaves with 1''+ splits down the stem.

JoeBlow5823 said:

Its just so strange to see stems leaking sap for no apparent reason. One of the plants has leaves with 1''+ splits down the stem.

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I’ve seen this on an auto flower last run.
The stems of leaves physically split open on their own and a clear gel like substance came out.

I didn’t take any pictures but can only put it down to a strain trait at the time.

same as you no bug issues. Not stress etc.

could it be be guttation?

or Delusional parasitosis. Lol.

jondamon said:

I’ve seen this on an auto flower last run.
The stems of leaves physically split open on their own and a clear gel like substance came out.

I didn’t take any pictures but can only put it down to a strain trait at the time.

same as you no bug issues. Not stress etc.

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Was it perhaps a blueberry or blueberry cross? I think your right. Its was just cumming all over itself. It hermied late in flower too. Last night was stressful.

I've had it to without bugs, a sign of not being happy or some damage is what I decided. Was hoping for the oil - turns out it's just sap. Can this mold idk but guess it could attract bugs whilst wet due to some nutrient value.

Reminded me of a gum producing plant or pine and that stuff that forms when you chop those trees down or cut them.

Anyone have it's chemistry or what it is exactly, could be interesting?

Tetrahedral said:

I've had it to without bugs, a sign of not being happy or some damage is what I decided. Was hoping for the oil - turns out it's just sap. Can this mold idk but guess it could attract bugs whilst wet due to some nutrient value.

Reminded me of a gum producing plant or pine and that stuff that forms when you chop those trees down or cut them.

Anyone have it's chemistry or what it is exactly, could be interesting?

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Yeah she was a relatively unhappy plant. Nutrient issues most her life. Probably also why she hermed.

JoeBlow5823 said:

Was it perhaps a blueberry or blueberry cross? I think your right. Its was just cumming all over itself. It hermied late in flower too. Last night was stressful.

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It was a northern lights x big bud auto.

so no not really.

it did actually look like it was cumming over itself lol.

shame I didn’t take any pics really. But leaf stems would split on the top side And ooze out and hang under the leaf stem like gluey clear Sap

Today on fun with fancy cameras and the work it takes to use them

farmingfisherman said:

Today on fun with fancy cameras and the work it takes to use them

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Microscope that i clip on to my iphone.... Not real fancy.

Doesnt do 3d well at all, but still decent pictures.

jondamon said:

It was a northern lights x big bud auto.

so no not really.

it did actually look like it was cumming over itself lol.

shame I didn’t take any pics really. But leaf stems would split on the top side And ooze out and hang under the leaf stem like gluey clear Sap

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Weird. Glad im not losing my mind.

JoeBlow5823 said:

Microscope that i clip on to my iphone.... Not real fancy.

Doesnt do 3d well at all, but still decent pictures.

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Weird. Glad im not losing my mind.

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It's good to get a up close look at the ladies. I'd like to invest in something that is mountable, I'm getting older which makes close up photos a pain.

farmingfisherman said:

It's good to get a up close look at the ladies. I'd like to invest in something that is mountable, I'm getting older which makes close up photos a pain.

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Yeah they make it pretty simple....


Even if you have to cut a bud or leaf off to look at it with unsteady hands, not to terrible.

I had this issue on some Blueberry auto. The buds rubbed themselves, trapping that moisture in between the buds resulting in some bud rot. Harvested a little early for fear of spreading to more areas. This was a dense plant.

Good luck.