Astrophytum ornatum

Antonio_P · Post by **Antonio_P** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:33 am

Good Morning!
I'm needing some help to identify what's this in my Astrophytum ornatum. It's all around the body, near the soil, with more or less intensity. Is it normal or it's a desease?

Thanks for any help.

Antonio_P · Post by **Antonio_P** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:36 am

I forgot to say that the plant looks perfectly healthy besides this and is growing right now, developing various new spines.

Spikey1007 · Post by **Spikey1007** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:38 am

No, thats normal my plant has the same. Its just marking up with age all astropytums get this.

Antonio_P · Post by **Antonio_P** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:41 am

Thank you Spikey. I was just starting to think it was a bad thing because he didn't have that 2/3 months ago...

Thanks a lot.

redg408 · Post by **redg408** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:36 am

When this happen I always sprinkle some fine sand around the root neck. I think moisture on the body causes this problem.