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title: "To me she looks wrinkled what can I do to make her thrive? Do I need…"
description: "To me she looks wrinkled what can I do to make her thrive? Do I need to re pot? Or am I watering too much or not enough? I’ve never had a cactus to care for."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/64b9a86a4e1bc87cd5324517"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Tila"
published: "2023-07-20T21:34:34.431Z"
language: "en"
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# To me she looks wrinkled what can I do to make her thrive? Do I need…

_Posted by Tila on 2023-07-20_

To me she looks wrinkled what can I do to make her thrive?  
Do I need to re pot? Or am I watering too much or not enough? I’ve never had a cactus to care for.

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## 4 comments

### Alicejokelly commented on 2023-07-20

It definitely looks over watered, unfortunately I don’t know if it’s going to be saveable. I’d unpot it and look at the state of the roots. If they aren’t too rotted, pot it into a pot just barely bigger than the root ball and use cactus/succulent soil and only water when it’s completely dried out. Try using a chopstick to check the moisture level. Stick in all the way in the soil and if it comes out with soil stuck to it, it’s still wet!

### Tila commented on 2023-07-20

Thank you I will try that out! My husband brought it home like this. She looks so sad 😞hopefully I can bring her back to life !

#### Alicejokelly replied on 2023-07-20

Hopefully, good luck!!

### Tila commented on 2023-07-21

Fixed her up a little bit tomorrow I’ll go get a different pot to plant her in😊

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