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 FlusH
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 sick cactus?
#8394453 - 05/12/08 09:04 PM (6 months, 17 days ago) |
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These white spots started about a month ago. I transplanted into a larger pot, have been giving it very minimal nutes every other watering. I water it about once every 7 to 10 day's.
any idea's?
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 DuNeRaVeR
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Re: sick cactus? [Re: FlusH]
#8394933 - 05/12/08 11:16 PM (6 months, 17 days ago) |
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scales?
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FlusH
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Re: sick cactus? [Re: DuNeRaVeR]
#8395617 - 05/13/08 07:09 AM (6 months, 16 days ago) |
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they kinda look like scales, but I don't think they are.
After some reading up on scales one website suggested that a sharp knife be used to lift the shell to see if the scale is alive.
Quote:
A very important problem in scale control is determining whether or not a scale is alive. This can be readily determined by lifting the female shell or covering using the point of a knife. If the scale is firmly attached to the leaf of stem surface or if the cover pops off revealing a yellow-orange, plump mass beneath the cover, as shown here, consider the scale alive.
http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/LSO/scales.htm
After trying this, I found that what looks like a scale on the cactus, is really a dried piece of skin from the cactus. It flakes away like dried skin on a bad wound, with fresh green cactus underneath.
I have not done anything to this cactus to hurt it, except for not enough food maybe. Would that seem like a plausible cause?
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