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I cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol just now, in case it's a fungal infection. Last watering was on the ~18th of last month, before it overwinters with little to no water. It's soil is a mix of extreme grit with a mixed shell of more normal soil around the outside. Terracotta pot. It gets exactly seven hours of bright, direct artificial light under a 200w grow light each day.

The only bugs around are a few fungus gnats that rode in on produce a few months ago. Any advice would be helpful! I'm trying not to carve into it unless absolutely necessary, as it's only about as tall as a pencil.

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[-] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Put beeswax on it. Or that butcher block conditioner with beeswax (usually just mineral oil which is what horticultural oil is, and beeswax). Also a few Bti "mosquito bits" with the next watering will knock back those gnats.

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