how to trim a fig prickly pear and fungus

My fig prickly pear needs to be trimmed up, and I’m not sure of the proper way. We just take a shovel and cut pieces off, but not up high. I also noticed an oozing, white fungal material on the cactus. How do you treat this? My cactus is over 12 feet high and at least that wide, and I don’t want to lose it. Also, my pipe organ cactus has a fungus on it. It’s circular. Any information will be helpful. Thanks,

Kathy Judge. kpcookie@hotmail.com

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 04/17/2017 @ 8:19 pm

I would treat the Cactus with an anti fungal.

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