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title: "What am I gonna have to do to this Toothpick Cactus that’s so…"
description: "What am I gonna have to do to this Toothpick Cactus that’s so irregularly tall its bending."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/-ATmnREfRVOqTub6vOje4w"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "John G Amero"
published: "2024-07-19T20:38:35.602336Z"
language: "en"
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# What am I gonna have to do to this Toothpick Cactus that’s so…

_Posted by John G Amero on 2024-07-19_

What am I gonna have to do to this Toothpick Cactus that’s so irregularly tall its bending.

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## 4 comments

### Honestorchid commented on 2024-07-19

This is why we don’t have cacti as house plants

### sarita commented on 2024-07-20

😂😂 i love it

### John G Amero commented on 2024-07-28

Well u wound up staking him last week.  
Found a bamboo pole in my basement and just tied him up.

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### John G Amero commented on 2026-07-21

Two years later and the same bamboo stick is now the same height as the growing cactus.

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