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I acquired a few specimens recently and a few of them had some scarring, then the scarring started turning yellow and spotting all over them.

 

There's a pic there of one where the scarring looks like when I got them, and the first yellow spot popping up.

 

What is it? How do I help them?

 

 

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My peruvianus had the same issue (yellow spotting) when I first received it. The spots kept multiplying until I cut them off.

 

The new growth is healthy and doesn't have this issue. Still don't know what the yellow spots were tho - maybe some type of scale?

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On 11/05/2019 at 5:23 PM, Evil Genius said:

The original plant suffers from scale, which then again causes substantial scarring. Look into pesticides against Scale, e.g. Azamax or something similar. 

Could of been scale but the problem is a fungal issue,  You need to treat with a good fungicide. 

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On 12/05/2019 at 7:46 PM, motherfirefly said:

Could of been scale but the problem is a fungal issue,  You need to treat with a good fungicide. 

I agree. There is a fungal issue and just keeping it dry won't fix it. Get some phosacid on it.

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On 11/05/2019 at 12:21 PM, andros88 said:

My peruvianus had the same issue (yellow spotting) when I first received it. The spots kept multiplying until I cut them off.

 

The new growth is healthy and doesn't have this issue. Still don't know what the yellow spots were tho - maybe some type of scale?

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Not scale imo.

I'd do the same, get some phosacid. You can get it from most garden centres or the big green shed as "Yates anti-rot".

Phosacid is a systemic fungicide but not a toxic one, it's quite safe.

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