New grower- what is this? (+pics)

Hello everyone, wanted to start by saying great website and a whole lot of helpful information, so thank you all.

Here is my problem:
This is my first grow and I'm a month into veg, growing organic using biovega in FFOF soil- 2.5gal pots from clones.

about 2 weeks ago i noticed very few very small reddish dots on some of the leaves and stems, I stuck them to tape and took them to my local hydro store, where they could not ID them.

I have also found a very small amount of bug damage on lower leaves (cut most of it off) and found a few thrips which I disposed of. I now look for ANY bugs at all daily but find nothing except these little egg-looking things. Tonight I noticed that almost every fan leave I removed had at least 1 egg thing on it, some had several.

I have no damage as far as I can see, and still cannot find any bugs.

My avg temp is 78*f , humidity swings between 31-47 max, yellow insect cards are placed strategically with nothing on them, I've been spraying over and under about 1x weekly with FF Don't Bug Me since i noticed the first eggs.

What are these things, what are they from, and how can I destroy them without using serious chemicals? (I would really like to limit the control techniques to avoid chemical pestisides if possible)

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Hopefully someone will know what these things are. They're kind of freaking me out.

Looks like scale. I had those once. You have to use alcohol soaked q-tips to remove them by hand. If you're not flowering you can get them all. If they are in the buds you can keep them contained but its harder and youl have to check through the weed as you smoke it. Look at the spots where nodes join they congregate there and suck the nutrients out before they travel up the stem and will stunt the growth of the plant above it.

Definitely some type of living organism that is sucking life out of your plants. I wouldnt fuck around, especially if you are only veg. I would get a DR. DOOM Pyrethin bug bomb and nuke your entire grow.