u/MasterPreparation911

Hello everybody!

So I own a few cacti and succulents. Most of them are not affected and agree doing fine.

However, I noticed white spots appearing on the pots of don't of my plants, especially the smaller ones.

Some of my larger plants also have white spots on their pots, those are clearly limescale however, since the water where I live is very hard.

I attached some photos of my smaller plants, where the white spots look strange. I think they almost look like mold?

I water my succulents and cacti roughly 1x/week in summer. They are all in direct sunlight, either in South facing windows or on my with facing balcony. In wintertime I water less. The pictures are taken right after today's watering.

I've repotted all but one plant into a cactus substrate.

My question to you: what are these white spots? Are they mold? And what can I do about them?

Thank you in advance!

I've seen these discussed mostly for ski mountaineering, where they seem to be controversial, but my scenario is, my gf and I love ice climbing, but can't ski. For many ice climbs, the approach can be the Crux with deep snow.

Snow shoes are the obvious answer, but for many objectives, like mixed couloirs or long climbs with walkoffs, they are simply impractical.

Now recently a mountain guide recommended snow plates. He said he sometimes uses them himself, when he finds the climb too technical for carrying skis in his back.

What's your thoughts?