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title: "Please help me to identify this cactus, I have 3 of the same they…"
description: "Please help me to identify this cactus, I have 3 of the same they have been outside kind of neglected."
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author: "JimiWa"
published: "2025-01-17T03:18:34.995247Z"
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# Please help me to identify this cactus, I have 3 of the same they…

_Posted by JimiWa on 2025-01-17_

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

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## 10 comments

### Lilian commented on 2025-01-17

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

### Lilian commented on 2025-01-17

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

#### JimiWa replied on 2025-01-17

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! ❤️🙏🏼🌵

### terracotta pot commented on 2025-01-17

Looks like an opuntia (prickly pear cactus)

### David commented on 2025-01-17

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

#### JimiWa replied on 2025-01-17

I sure hope so!

### David commented on 2025-01-17

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

### David commented on 2025-01-17

They are best grown outdoors

#### JimiWa replied on 2025-01-17

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

### David commented on 2025-01-17

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

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