Dishers
What is all over my cowboy cactus? Looks like flakes of skin feels a bit like a silky chalk
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Wolfen 🐺That looks like scale
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cochineal specifically
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Ok gross how would I get rid of it
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Cotton swab and alcohol, they should just wipe off. Then you'd want to treat with a pesticide that effects scale
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I’m wondering how I got it in my tent. Should I be cleaning out my tent and spray down with peroxide you think?
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It was probably already on it when you got it. I would at least wipe down under the pot, and the pot itself. They really love any crevice.
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