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title: "What’s wrong with my left (first photo) and right (second photo)…"
description: "What’s wrong with my left (first photo) and right (second photo) cactus? It’s getting soft and wet. I had one die before from this same problem :( and I’d love…"
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# What’s wrong with my left (first photo) and right (second photo)…

_Missy님이 2024-08-28에 게시함_

What’s wrong with my left (first photo) and right (second photo) cactus? It’s getting soft and wet. I had one die before from this same problem :( and I’d love to save this one.

![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0u_9IbMpjQ83VU9TON71uy6k92BhwM07YII_4CI4f_g/mzS7KYtnT36KAK4EDzWSPw.webp?size=large)

![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0u_9IbMpjQ83VU9TON71uy6k92BhwM07YII_4CI4f_g/Wt-fX_uBTT6RCZ-VvCiQuw.webp?size=large)

## 12개의 댓글

### Adrian님이 2024-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Have you checked the roots for root rot? If the roots are dark and mushy, not light and firm, they’re rotted. I can walk you through how to treat it if that’s the case

#### Missy님이 2024-08-28에 답변했습니다.

No I haven’t… how do I check?

#### Adrian님이 2024-08-28에 답변했습니다.

Carefully remove it from the pot, then gently remove the soil by rolling your fingers over the roots until you can see them. If they’re dark and mushy, or crumble at the touch, they’re rotted

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You should put this is terra cotta — this jar has no drainage and your soil has little perlite (maybe none?) so it’s holding onto water for too long, rotting your cactus

### c.cat님이 2024-08-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

if you find that you do have rot, you can cut the base of the cactus off, let it callous over, and repot. PlantsWithKrystal has some great videos on this on youtube, i highly recommend checking out her videos. i hope you can keep this one with you :)  
good luck!!

#### eatyacarbs님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

looove krystal 🥹 she’s the sweetest

#### c.cat님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

ikr?? i love her sense of humor too

#### eatyacarbs님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

100% want to be her friend irl

#### c.cat님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

FR

#### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

Also Plants of Avalon.

### Missy님이 2024-08-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Okay thank you so much all for the help! I will be repotting it since I think it’s over watered. I’m a newby lol.

#### Kristina님이 2024-08-29에 답변했습니다.

I accidentally caused 2 of my plants to root rot a few months ago, and now they are doing better than ever

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