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title: "Do these grow? If yes HOW! I’ve had this for months and its stuck at…"
description: "Do these grow? If yes HOW! I’ve had this for months and its stuck at 2 inches tall"
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# Do these grow? If yes HOW! I’ve had this for months and its stuck at…

_Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 게시함_

Do these grow? If yes HOW! I’ve had this for months and its stuck at 2 inches tall

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vnDbL0RRvZDo82tFO7YCPugv8AMjd2y7G0jDfe9UBzI/23P-4EhGSemyYYJ3dpQffA.webp?size=large)

## 18개의 댓글

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

#### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Lynda님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

I’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… 🤗💚🪴

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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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### Alyssa님이 2024-12-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Not an expert, but I’m thinking most cacti are not supposed to be that brown

#### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vnDbL0RRvZDo82tFO7YCPugv8AMjd2y7G0jDfe9UBzI/FrAe4s4FTCqdCgDECUF55w.webp?size=large)

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

Oopphhh yea, that might be toast unfortunately.

#### Alyssa님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

Dang😭

### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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?

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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.

### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Do either of you know the name of this cactus? I never got it, so tough to research ha

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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.

#### Alyssa님이 2024-12-07에 답변했습니다.

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

### Curated Greenery님이 2024-12-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

The roots…

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vnDbL0RRvZDo82tFO7YCPugv8AMjd2y7G0jDfe9UBzI/f1Bg6-eyTkaoUkKFH9gyrQ.webp?size=large)

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