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title: "Why is part of my cactus white? Should I be concerned?"
description: "Why is part of my cactus white? Should I be concerned?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Joy"
published: "2024-02-05T02:02:14.634111Z"
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# Why is part of my cactus white? Should I be concerned?

_Posted by Joy on 2024-02-05_

Why is part of my cactus white? Should I be concerned?

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## 3 comments

### nosugartonight commented on 2024-02-05

This does seem suspect. Can you use a toothpick or tweezers to gently remove some of that white stuff?

### Joy commented on 2024-02-05

I’ll try to do that tonight

### Joy commented on 2024-02-09

So it turns out Barnaby has died ): but he has a little arm left that’d survived. He’s repotted now

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