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title: "a while back more poor cactus turned all brown i was watering it…"
description: "a while back more poor cactus turned all brown i was watering it everyday (i learned from my mistakes) and i believe i drowned it, it has this brown colour but…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/bbqOkggybRh8VTyoQcT8XU"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "selene"
published: "2025-04-30T19:59:43.618767Z"
language: "en"
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# a while back more poor cactus turned all brown i was watering it…

_Posted by selene on 2025-04-30_

a while back more poor cactus turned all brown i was watering it everyday (i learned from my mistakes) and i believe i drowned it, it has this brown colour but has become more green over time, which seemed odd to me, those flowers growing from the top have definitely grown in the last few weeks, is it possible for it to regenerate or was it just not quite dead in the first place? ill have a picture now and when it was its healthiest, this is my first cactus so any help or advice is greatly appreciated

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## 2 comments

### Kate commented on 2025-05-01

Is it possible it got sunburned?? I don’t know if that plant does that but I’m just about to post about a plant of mine that did that. It came back to green very fast!!

#### selene replied on 2025-05-01

im not sure but ill reply again if i know!!

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