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help with diagnosing cactus issues

shin
12 years ago

I recently purchased a home in San Diego + am trying to figure out if some large cacti that I have out front are healthy.

click here for photos of cactus 1

* the buds where the flowers usually are have been replaced by fuzzy balls

* two photos show some white bumps that look like dried bits of glue along one of the branches

* one photo shows a branch that was cut off, not sure why

* some areas along the branches, esp base + joints, seem gray and woody

click here for photos of cactus 2

* just concerned about some areas along the branches, esp base + joints, that seem gray and woody

* also, i was curious because this cactus started flowering a couple weeks ago -- i was away for a week and when i returned all the flowers had turned black and fallen to the ground, is this normal? or does it seem strange to have all of the flowers die all of a sudden?

any ideas on the above conditions would be really great!! i'm a real newbie at this, but am ready to jump into the ring with my gardening gloves on :)

also, would someone be able to point me to what type of cactus this might be?

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