I am pretty new to plant and I have a question about a cactus I bought. I got it from Walmart, and it has a very pretty flower on the top. I have seen on Instagram that the flower is fake and I should take it off. Is it harming my plant to stay on or would my plant be better off if I remove the flower?
Yeah, I would take it off. I once got a cactus with a plastic flower and it was rotted underneath š£ Good luck!
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Yeah thatās so annoying. I usually check first. If the glue is stuck on there pretty good and I canāt see any space between I wonāt even bother.
2 gillningar Best for the cactus to remove it. If you havenāt already tried, be very careful not to yank as many spines/hairs as possible. Sometimes itās best to cut the flower a chunk at a time.
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I hate it when they put those in cacti. Iāve heard theyāre theoretically for handling the plant without touching the spines, but they do more harm than good for the plant.
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Iām pretty sure they put it on to sell them better. I think itās marketing ploy.
2 gillningar Definitely
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You should take it off once I got it and my cat almost ate it it was also rotting
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