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JimiWa

Please help me to identify this cactus, I have 3 of the same they have been outside kind of neglected.

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  1. Lilian

    I’m pretty sure the one on the right might be rotting , how dry is the soil?

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  2. Lilian

    If they are dry I would say it’s that they are too dry, hard to tell when I can’t be there hands on lol

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    • JimiWa

      I definitely agree that they are too dry. The pots do have a drainage hole. The soil was compacted and dry, so I poked at the soil to loosen it up, gave them some water, misted them and put them on a south facing window sill. I am going to let them chill for a bit and fingers crossed they are going to come back! ❤️🙏🏼🌵

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  3. terracotta pot

    Looks like an opuntia (prickly pear cactus)

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  4. David

    Prickly pear cactus will look like that during the winter it should start to plump back out at about March or april

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    • JimiWa

      I sure hope so!

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  5. David

    I've grown them in the past and they usually begin to fill out in the spring

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  6. David

    They are best grown outdoors

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    • JimiWa

      I had them outdoors in a pot. Would you suggest outdoors in the ground?

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  7. David

    Yeah could grow them in the ground or a pot I've grown them both ways

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