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title: "Rest in pieces, wobble cactus 😔 It was doing just fine and then…"
description: "Rest in pieces, wobble cactus 😔 It was doing just fine and then today I found it droopy and shriveled. Does anyone know what might’ve gone wrong? Hopefully I…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "tree muncher 27 ★"
published: "2023-02-25T04:30:41.431Z"
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# Rest in pieces, wobble cactus 😔 It was doing just fine and then…

_Posted by tree muncher 27 ★ on 2023-02-25_

Rest in pieces, wobble cactus 😔 It was doing just fine and then today I found it droopy and shriveled. Does anyone know what might’ve gone wrong?

Hopefully I can propagate the remaining healthy bits.

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## 2 comments

### Elin commented on 2023-02-25

You can use all those arms to propagate into new cacti! 🌵  
Stick the down in a gritty soil mix and hold back on watering them. When they’ve grown roots you can move them to your brightest locations and start watering them.  
This can happen for several reasons: drought, lack of light, overwatering and false spider mites for example.  
Make sure they get full sun, are planted in well draining soil (containing mostly grit such as pumice or similar horticulture gravel), is watered on a regular basis but also allowed to dry out completely between waterings.

#### tree muncher 27 ★ replied on 2023-02-25

Thank you! I was able to salvage several of the cactus pieces to propagate.

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