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Posted 2M ago by @ChosenPatchouli

Hi all so I have little fuzz ball looking things on my ca...

#MammillariaMelanocentra
2ft to light, direct
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 months ago
@ChosenPatchouli I don’t have an answer about the roots, as I don’t have this type of cactus (yet I would imagine when they get long enough it would be fine). I am wondering if it is mealy bugs. The white fuzz ball, if you dip Qtip in alcohol, and swipe at it, and you see a grey bug, that’s what it is. (Mealy bugs excrete a waxy white powder and that’s why they look white until you touch them with alcohol) It could be a fungus which would require an antifungal treatment and increased air circulation. When my succulents got mealy bugs, that’s what the first indication looked like. Whatever it is I would quarantine it away from any other plants.