Hi guys, I bought this cactus from Home Depot last night and I was wondering if I should take the decorative flower off? Will it harm my plant’s growth to keep it? If I should remove, how should I do so without damaging the plant? It’s glued on from what I can tell
If it’s a real flower then you should leave it
0 likes It’s not, it’s fake
0 likes If it’s fake then you most likely can remove it I don’t see any problem with that.
1 likeThose are fake. Take it off
0 likes Okay thank you. I knew it was fake 😅 that’s why I was asking
0 likesI have no clue why they put them on there. People should want cacti because they’re unique and different! Not cause they’re pretty flowering plants. Which they are. But I think they’re just cool!
1 like I have always wanted a cactus because I like how they look and I also have a false holiday cactus
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I had one of these on my cactus and I just gently pulled it off, it did pull a few spikes off but it didn’t harm the plant at all :)
1 like Okay thank you so much. I’ll go ahead and try to do so once I’m home
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I’m always annoyed when I see those fake flowers on cacti. Definitely take it off!
0 likes Okay I will once I get home. I have never seen one with a fake flower before but I was at Home Depot with the husband getting tools for work. I seen it and I was like “I want it,” once I got home I was trying to figure out how to take it off or if it was necessary to do so.
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Cute cactus!!
1 like Thank you 😊
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Not a decoration! It’s a “handling device” to save you from getting poked during repotting! But they come off easy enough with a q-tip and a touch of rubbing alcohol.
1 like Okay thank you, do you know if it will cause any issues to my cactus? Like drowning problems or anything?
0 likes Growing not drowning 🤦🏼♀️
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