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title: "What should I do if this is growing on my cactus I’m not sure what it…"
description: "What should I do if this is growing on my cactus I’m not sure what it is or how to deal with it."
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Crested gecko friend"
published: "2024-01-07T12:12:57.537Z"
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# What should I do if this is growing on my cactus I’m not sure what it…

_Crested gecko friend님이 2024-01-07에 게시함_

What should I do if this is growing on my cactus I’m not sure what it is or how to deal with it.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/cMW_2sm-2COu9SSx4mPTi6QL4F27EqcA5xR-LTmopks/9f1b948e896c414dac86e1af1a5448da.webp?size=large)

## 8개의 댓글

### ✨🌼 Katie 🌵🌙님이 2024-01-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

That may be a sign that this cactus has mealy bugs. I actually just had to treat my blue candle for this. I completely changed my soil, then treated it with neem oil and took some rubbing alcohol on a q-tip and wiped the webby white stuff off my cactus.

#### Crested gecko friend님이 2024-01-07에 답변했습니다.

Thank you

### Crested gecko friend님이 2024-01-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thank uou

### Women are Water님이 2024-01-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Looks like mealy bugs to me

### Crested gecko friend님이 2024-01-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thanks

### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2024-01-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You might have to treat it a few times, and you might want to dig it up if it keeps happening.

I’m hopefully at the end of my mealy bug problems over here, and I have had to do a few drastic things that seem counterintuitive. Such was scrub a plant with a toothbrush while spraying it with a hose. The other problem is that sand and pearlite and wool all look like bugs lol. I’m learning which plants I don’t want to ever deal with again (most of the juicy Echinopsis and Mammillaria).

#### Crested gecko friend님이 2024-01-07에 답변했습니다.

Thank u

#### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2024-01-07에 답변했습니다.

You got this!

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