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title: "Finally, spike is fully healed and growing in a new direction. Root…"
description: "Finally, spike is fully healed and growing in a new direction. Root rot took him back almost a 1ft&7in, but now he’s repotted and looks great."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/bVufnXP2aY7NiQ51MbQvVU"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Check out Spike!"
published: "2025-10-08T18:42:44.685279Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3l-n7Ev8PvVII-ND98rKnW9g68S_JC3kp583jVHVRK4/0cvjOSqKTHC3pZDRoA8aXg.webp?size=large"
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# Finally, spike is fully healed and growing in a new direction. Root…

_Posted by Check out Spike! on 2025-10-08_

Finally, spike is fully healed and growing in a new direction. Root rot took him back almost a 1ft\&7in, but now he’s repotted and looks great.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3l-n7Ev8PvVII-ND98rKnW9g68S_JC3kp583jVHVRK4/0cvjOSqKTHC3pZDRoA8aXg.webp?size=large)

## 2 comments

### BigGrac commented on 2025-10-09

Great job treating the rot! What’s Spike’s lighting situation?

### Shulamit commented on 2025-10-10

Mind if I ask what type of cactus Spike is? I adopted one but it had no tag \& I can’t seem to get Planta to ID it.

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