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title: "This guy seems to have rotted or something and it picked right up off…"
description: "This guy seems to have rotted or something and it picked right up off the soil with only a few little roots left. Is there anything I can do for it?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/KRCRqIangnenk2vlNdgqKv"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Ambermarie83"
published: "2025-06-14T19:35:15.757519Z"
language: "en"
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# This guy seems to have rotted or something and it picked right up off…

_Posted by Ambermarie83 on 2025-06-14_

This guy seems to have rotted or something and it picked right up off the soil with only a few little roots left. Is there anything I can do for it?

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## 3 comments

### Phil commented on 2025-06-14

I would just consider it to be a learning experience and let it go. You may be able to prop if you can get a leaf that has not been compromised with the root rot.

### Oksana 🥎🍦🌱 commented on 2025-06-14

This always happens to me with cacti so I’m done with them lol

### Moonjack commented on 2025-06-15

Same thing happened to me where the roots all rotted so I removed all the rotted stuff and put it in dry soil and not touched it for a long time (3-6 weeks), it grew a thick root back and is now thriving after about a year

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