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John G Amero

I hate myself when I make rash purchases. ———————— Let’s say I bought this in November/December 2025. I couldn’t resist the singing of the 50% Off Sale Sirens as I walked around the store getting what I needed. The container of succulentS had been fine for the first two months. Then one day I noticed the pencil cactus had begun to die. And within 5 days it began to cascade die. I removed any other succulents from the pot that were there. Most of them, too small to also recover, eventually died. I already know water was the culprit. That I had watered the damn thing and that’s what caused it. It has not been watered for over eight weeks now. Not watering it has slowed any more death happening to the pencil cactus. I don’t want to say it stopped, but it has slow dramatically. The other plant that’s in the pot also seems fine. It is a Sansevieria Jade I believe. ———————— I love pencil cactuses when they’re small. 😎 I hate pencil cactuses when they’re growing wildly.😡 Both plants in the image are in the original plastic pot, & original soil too, which is kind of barky on top but no idea under that. ———————— Pretend time… Hello. I’m John Quinones from ABC. After reading all of this, and seeing the outcome of his foolish decisions, no offense guy (Plant purchaser: None taken.), I ask you… What would you do? What would you do with these two plants in the large bucket? (Production Team! Edit out the plant on the window sill that photo bombed us before we upload the image. Tell Security the plant may be roaming the house. Dang it! Never mind on the edits. It’s already uploaded.)

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  1. John G Amero

    Ok this did not get much input so…. I took the pot out side and dumped it all out. Knowing snake plants like tight spaces I put it into a round terracotta 4” pot. Might be 5”. As for the Pencil Cactus. I only had a short 6” terracotta pot. With some gravel and such in the pot and then the plant, well it just kept falling over and falling out of the pot. The Pencil Cactus root system looked healthy but not suitable for something bigger than the other plastic pots that I had on hand. And buying a pot when I’m going to be homeless just wasn’t in the cards. I put the short 6” pot in this large square pot. I put the pencil cactus in the 6” pot and I staked it stable by putting chop sticks outside the round pot and inside the square pot.

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    • Qbert

      This set up looks nice! I’ve been wondering what to do with my own pencil cactus that just keeps growing wild and wooly.

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    • John G Amero

      Hi there Qbert, I’ll take a photo in the morning of what it looks like now. When I want a plant to thrive and live they do the opposite. When I want a plant to shrivel and die it too does the opposite. I was hoping the pencil cactus I have would have passed away by now. It’s now end of July and it has so many new shoots. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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    • John G Amero

      Here is my Pencil Cactus today, Tuesday July 21, 2026. 3 months later.

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    • John G Amero

      Here he is turned around.

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    • John G Amero

      And that is where he has been sitting since April

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