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title: "Is my poor girl cooked? 😭☹️ Long story short I thought I found some…"
description: "Is my poor girl cooked? 😭☹️ Long story short I thought I found some scale on my cactus so I followed instructions on how to kill it. I sprayed with…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/O49roCiy4l3VE4yVFR9bGh"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Bree 🌿🌵☀️🧚‍♂️"
published: "2026-08-18T17:36:10.497183Z"
language: "en"
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# Is my poor girl cooked? 😭☹️ Long story short I thought I found some…

_Posted by Bree 🌿🌵☀️🧚‍♂️ on 2026-08-18_

Is my poor girl cooked? 😭☹️ Long story short I thought I found some scale on my cactus so I followed instructions on how to kill it. I sprayed with insecticide, picked off the scale, hosed her down with water, then sprayed again at night so she wouldn’t get scorched during the day. A couple days later I come outside to see this! Did I completely destroy my cactus? What should I do? I took her out of her pot she came in, roots look perfectly fine as far as I can tell. The weird bumps took over before the black ensued shortly after. Thanks in advance 🙏🏽

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6RRXnEYmjhRKuznJlf5dPdi09hMkQHsZ6S1NBAs5bNc/sH2V-TNaSMS948IFuYmSpw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6RRXnEYmjhRKuznJlf5dPdi09hMkQHsZ6S1NBAs5bNc/gYIrjiapRjaxnvOYR5w1sg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6RRXnEYmjhRKuznJlf5dPdi09hMkQHsZ6S1NBAs5bNc/IfJ5kjS7RuGfQCvDePbomQ.webp?size=large)

## 1 comment

### Plant nana commented on 2026-08-18

😢

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