Whoa, nearly 10 years to the day!!

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Prickly_Jim
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Whoa, nearly 10 years to the day!!

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Hi all

So almost 10 years to the day I posted on cactiguide for help with a cactus that had become infected. At the time it was my pride and joy and something I had lovingly looked after for +5 years before the "infection".

To this day I never did know what caused the wound and infection however from advice on this forum I cut out the infection, treated with sealant and kept loving the plant. I enclose a snap of the post of the cactus back then....
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Post
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Cactus then
Cactus then
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Infection
Infection
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And here is the cactus 10 years on growing well! The 'scar' is still there but it shows its resilience!
Now
Now
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Scar
Scar
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Thanks to Davi and a chap called Bill Bristow who helped my cactus live!

Hope this is of interest strange how time flies!
One question though - does anybody know how I can stop it growing any more?? It's nearly at ceiling height!

Thanks all!
Jim

(Ps glad to see the file attachment has been improved!)
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