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title: "What’s wrong with my Christmas cactus? The leaves are droopy and…"
description: "What’s wrong with my Christmas cactus? The leaves are droopy and wrinkly, and some are becoming see through. Could it be overwatered?? It’s been at least a…"
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published: "2024-02-13T01:14:37.554815Z"
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# What’s wrong with my Christmas cactus? The leaves are droopy and…

_Publié par Liz le 2024-02-13_

What’s wrong with my Christmas cactus? The leaves are droopy and wrinkly, and some are becoming see through. Could it be overwatered?? It’s been at least a week since I watered it and for some reason the soil is still damp… Even though it has drainage holes??

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## 5 commentaires

### Sunny a commenté le 2024-02-13

It looks under watered based on the wrinkled, limp and pale leaves. They don’t like the soil to completely dry out.

#### Liz ha respondido el 2024-02-13

Even if the soil is still wet from when I watered it last week? I’m just so nervous to over water it 😅

#### Sunny ha respondido el 2024-02-13

Check that its drain holes are sufficient to not pool water or it’s not sitting in water in a ceramic cache pot.

I bought one last fall that arrived damp on top of the soil. It was filled with buds and had opened a bloom the week it arrived. So, I let the soil dry down halfway before watering. It slowly dropped all buds and started to wrinkle. It only started blooming again this month when I just watered it a lot more frequently than I felt comfortable doing. It’s blooming again!

### Tamara a commenté le 2024-02-13

Have you got a moisture meter or maybe a wooden skewer you could you use to check the moisture? X

#### Liz ha respondido el 2024-02-14

I should get one of those!!

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