Curated Greenery
Do these grow? If yes HOW! I’ve had this for months and its stuck at 2 inches tall
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Wolfen 🐺Most cactus/succulents grow slowly. How much light are you giving it? Any fertilizer? You could also check the roots to make sure they're healthy.
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It sits in a west facing window. Maybe not enough light. I think I sprayed with a succulent fertilizer once but thought I read these don’t really need it. Will be checking the roots today
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If it's not toast I would move it to a chunkier mix. A lot of those pre-made succulent mixes are heavy on the peat and are atrocious. Just use a bit of potting soil, perlite, bark, pumice or akadama. And either move it to sunnier window or a growlight
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Yes! I have my home made succulent mix that works amazing. Just never got around to putting him in it 😭 fingers crossed these roots save his life
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LyndaI’ve repotted several of my cacti/succulents in a commercial succulent potting mix by Miracle Grow. It says it’s formulated from spagnum peat moss, processed forest products, fertilizer, and a wetting agent; I’ve wondered about it, since it seems to be sort of like dust. How much pearlite would you add to a regular potting soil mix? Also, I usually fertilize my plants with each watering; I’ve wondered if this should be the same for my cactus/succulents? TIA… 🤗💚🪴
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Yea, the peat can make it really hydrophobic, but then if it does such the water up it's too much. I usually mix this in equal parts, with fox farm ocean being the potting soil portion. I Definitely don't tend to fertilize my cacti/succulents as much as my tropicals (except the fruit bearing ones) but I'd say i do it every 2-4 weeks with Schultz
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AlyssaNot an expert, but I’m thinking most cacti are not supposed to be that brown
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Wowww you’re absolutely right, just looked back at the pic when I got it and it was green 😭 I didn’t even notice it changed. It’s honestly in a terrible succulent mix I’m planning to repot today. Will get a look at the roots then.
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Oopphhh yea, that might be toast unfortunately.
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Ohhhh bummerrrr, yeah the fertilizer might’ve given it a swift burning death lol. I agree with Wolfen, it’s probably a goner. I’d recommend trying Euphorbia, they give the cacti fix but grow rather fast
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Dang😭
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It still has roots and they don’t look terrible? I just peaked but I’ll take a closer look later. If the roots are okay, does he have a chance?
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I think it'll just depend on if they're healthy any why it turned brown. There are some species that are more orange brown which is why I didn't think anything of the color till you posted the before.
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Do either of you know the name of this cactus? I never got it, so tough to research ha
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I'm not sure, there's a few cactus that have the puffer tops, I was thinking a type of pilosocereus. I know there's a few cactus guru in here, they may know.
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Yeah I’d recommend posting the old picture of your cactus on the plant identification forum on here and see if anyone knows. Theres also a cactus/succulent group too
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The roots…
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