--- title: "Hi! My Blue Myrtle is worrying me. Watering about every 6 days and…" description: "Hi! My Blue Myrtle is worrying me. Watering about every 6 days and it’s dry when I do. Under a shade cloth in this Arizona sun so it shouldn’t be getting…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/ATT0whqzSPCDcR3X1BX6uA" community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle" author: "MicAZ" published: "2024-07-18T23:10:07.41646Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FkqHmaIqKY1wqxkanjUxf0ioPkl4TuV9jVDMNHcozuk/lzvxxXivQASTq1bwcxTyoQ.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [The Cactus \& Succulent Circle](https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w.md) # Hi! My Blue Myrtle is worrying me. Watering about every 6 days and… _Posted by MicAZ on 2024-07-18_ Hi! My Blue Myrtle is worrying me. Watering about every 6 days and it’s dry when I do. Under a shade cloth in this Arizona sun so it shouldn’t be getting burned by that. It’s close to the wall, but not as close as it looks, maybe 10”. The dark at the top has worsened over the last week or so. A little on the right side as well. Any ideas please? I hope you don’t say it’s the heat from the wall. I’m really worried about that. I may be able to bring it out another 6”. ![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FkqHmaIqKY1wqxkanjUxf0ioPkl4TuV9jVDMNHcozuk/lzvxxXivQASTq1bwcxTyoQ.webp?size=large) ![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FkqHmaIqKY1wqxkanjUxf0ioPkl4TuV9jVDMNHcozuk/AgdbAPg1T2SbBtiar2PEhQ.webp?size=large) ## 16 comments ### Plantgrower commented on 2024-07-19 I think maybe more sun, and water it every 7 days #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-19 Oh dang, needing more sun didn’t occur to me 😂 Thanks! #### Plantgrower replied on 2024-07-19 Your welcome! Almost all cactuses need full sun! #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-19 I know and I had them all in full sun. This 115 degree Arizona sun seems to too much after the morning sun. A lot of them are burned. I’m trying to figure out now which ones are okay in the sun and for how long 🙄 #### Daisy replied on 2024-07-22 You should also wait until the soil is completely dry before you water it again ### Tyler commented on 2024-07-19 Were there injuries near or around both of the darkened areas? #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-19 No, but I can say he’s pretty new here (maybe 5 or 6 weeks) and I won’t swear there wasn’t a slight darkness there in the beginning. Just seems to have gotten worse in the last week. #### Plantgrower replied on 2024-07-20 Did you use cactus soil? #### Tyler replied on 2024-07-21 It looks, at first glance like rot and an injury on the top one. I had difficulty with these and I can’t keep them here in the Midwest because it’s just too humid and water sitting in those little nooks rotted them out multiple times. If it spreads and begins to get mushy, just cut it off and keep dry. #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-22 I did. I have all of them in cactus soil. Hope that’s good enough. ### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22 This is what my app (planta) says abt it ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Jj9fEdoN7gDLRMXY5NZMsja622Uoq7vtfwFD83HBQYg/tNEaW85OStSSFQ2g7oySPw.webp?size=large) ### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22 It also says ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Jj9fEdoN7gDLRMXY5NZMsja622Uoq7vtfwFD83HBQYg/l7UPSJ6dQ4KVPwCBbtu0WQ.webp?size=large) #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-22 I don’t water it until I know it’s really dry. I have it getting more sun now. I’m crossing fingers it doesn’t get worse :( #### Daisy replied on 2024-07-22 Try downloading plant parent to see if anything is wrong. It is a totally free app #### MicAZ replied on 2024-07-22 I already have 3, what’s one more, lol 😂 Thanks! ### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22 Except for something’s you have to get premium. The apps I use are for different free things since I don’t want to pay. These are: Planta, Plant Parent, and Picturethis-plant identification --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_