Overwatering or poor sunlight?

basilbenz · Post by **basilbenz** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:47 am

Hi guys,
I came from vacation and found my cactus to have yellow spots on it.I'm wondering if its a case of overwatering or poor sunlight? A few days back there was a yellow growth of fungi on the soil which i had removed.

Kindly let me know what you think about it, and how can i treat the plant.

thanks

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:27 pm

Neither. The plant looks scorched.

DannabisAx · Post by **DannabisAx** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:39 pm

some soil fungi can be beneficial.

look up mycorrhizae when you have a chance.

good luck with your cactus!

basilbenz · Post by **basilbenz** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:41 pm

iann wrote:Neither. The plant looks scorched.

Thanks for reply
The only thing is that i keep the plant indoor with little sunlight and usually have a fluorescent light available, however when i went for vacation i turned off the light,as such its hard to understand as to how the plant got burnt.

Any ideas as to what should i do for treatment?

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

If it isn't sunburn, I'd be quite worried. Maybe a pest like spider mites. It just doesn't look like something that is coming from inside, it's too localised and too much out on the ribs.