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title: "Halp! What's up with my cactus? Looks like the bottom of some of the…"
description: "Halp! What's up with my cactus? Looks like the bottom of some of the pieces got like watery and soggy and imploded???? It was doing great, I'm so confused 😭"
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# Halp! What's up with my cactus? Looks like the bottom of some of the…

_Fig님이 2025-01-02에 게시함_

Halp! What's up with my cactus? Looks like the bottom of some of the pieces got like watery and soggy and imploded???? It was doing great, I'm so confused 😭

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3y4omFb2fkcsnKdboaoAmZxAuua8o8TFlg5H8RI9AFs/6IN5qo3hSpavJJ9MU7N7dQ.webp?size=large)

## 7개의 댓글

### Leaf🌱님이 2025-01-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I think it is rot

### Fig님이 2025-01-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I only water when the soil is fully dry - should I wait even longer in the winter?

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-01-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You may need better draining soil, does that have peat in it? Youll want to remove that rotting piece, or it can rot the others. If the top is still firm, chop it let it callus a day or two, then plant it.

### Fig님이 2025-01-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thank you both so much! I just chopped the pieces and am leaving them to callus ... I am confused bc it was def growing in a succulent and cactus mix from Coast of Maine soil, and I only watered it when fully dry! Sigh

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-01-02에 답변했습니다.

Sometimes when they are heavy on peat, it holds too much moisture. I wasn't familiar with that brand, but it shows sphagnum peat as the first ingredient. So it's best to ammend it with more chunky perlite or pumice or akadama

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-01-02에 답변했습니다.

Like the miracle grow one is 100% trash

### Fig님이 2025-01-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Gotcha - Will do! Thank you so, so much, really appreciate it!

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