scale, corking or else?

litoriachloris · Post by **litoriachloris** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:44 am

I bought this T. atacamensis online and look what i found. Is this a serious problem ? What can i do?

CactusMad · Post by **CactusMad** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:10 pm

Hi,I would send this pic to the seller and tell them i wanted a refund.

litoriachloris · Post by **litoriachloris** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:41 pm

Yes I did that already. But do you know anything about the disease if it is a disease?

crispy224 · Post by **crispy224** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:22 pm

Huh that's interesting. I have some damage similar to that. When I first started growing Trichocereus I put too much fertilizer on them and they got growth like that. Is it soft at all? Mine wasn't soft.

litoriachloris · Post by **litoriachloris** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:07 am

No it's not. Solid rock. I think it's tissue damage coused by (excess or lack of) the natural elemens such as sunlight, water, nutrients etc.

adetheproducer · Post by **adetheproducer** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:31 am

My trichocereus peruvianus and bridgesii monstrose both have these scars. I think it's when they get stuck with a spine of a neighbouring plants in the nursery when they get moved about. They don't seem to be problematic just unsightly.

Orion Drakkar · Post by **Orion Drakkar** » Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:02 am

Seems a fungal infection of the epidermis, usually does not cause problems for the plant, but causes ugly scars

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