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title: "These haven't left their nursery pots for about 10 years and have…"
description: "These haven't left their nursery pots for about 10 years and have been underwatered in a direct sunlight window, would they bounce back? The brown bits are…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/COkaj23WGnGuCGL90IxQAU"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "JSPhillips"
published: "2025-08-02T15:44:47.642991Z"
language: "en"
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# These haven't left their nursery pots for about 10 years and have…

_Posted by JSPhillips on 2025-08-02_

These haven't left their nursery pots for about 10 years and have been underwatered in a direct sunlight window, would they bounce back? The brown bits are hard and not mushy 🙏 I dont know what they are both called

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## 1 comment

### Baeylie commented on 2025-08-03

i’ve seen people cut off the brown bits and keep them going with the healthy part of the cacti i would definitely do more research though as i do not know a lot about this, but i definitely think it is possible!

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