Hi! My Blue Myrtle is worrying me. Watering about every 6 days and itâs dry when I do. Under a shade cloth in this Arizona sun so it shouldnât be getting burned by that. Itâs close to the wall, but not as close as it looks, maybe 10â. 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 donât say itâs the heat from the wall. Iâm really worried about that. I may be able to bring it out another 6â.
I think maybe more sun, and water it every 7 days
1 gilla Oh dang, needing more sun didnât occur to me đ Thanks!
1 gillaYour welcome! Almost all cactuses need full sun!
1 gilla 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. Iâm trying to figure out now which ones are okay in the sun and for how long đ
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You should also wait until the soil is completely dry before you water it again
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Were there injuries near or around both of the darkened areas?
0 gillningar No, but I can say heâs pretty new here (maybe 5 or 6 weeks) and I wonât swear there wasnât a slight darkness there in the beginning. Just seems to have gotten worse in the last week.
0 gillningarDid you use cactus soil?
0 gillningar It looks, at first glance like rot and an injury on the top one. I had difficulty with these and I canât keep them here in the Midwest because itâs 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.
0 gillningar I did. I have all of them in cactus soil. Hope thatâs good enough.
0 gillningar This is what my app (planta) says abt it
It also says
I donât water it until I know itâs really dry. I have it getting more sun now. Iâm crossing fingers it doesnât get worse :(
1 gilla Try downloading plant parent to see if anything is wrong. It is a totally free app
1 gilla I already have 3, whatâs one more, lol đ Thanks!
1 gilla Except for somethingâs you have to get premium. The apps I use are for different free things since I donât want to pay. These are: Planta, Plant Parent, and Picturethis-plant identification
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