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mpsh13
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what should i do with this cacti
#9582793 - 01/10/09 12:48 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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i got this cutting awhile back i stuck it in dry cacti soil and let it sit Little over two week , yesterday was the first day i watered this cutting and all the others i planted at the same time , but this is the only one that looks like this , Im assuming its rotting , but i do not understand why, what should i do , can i pull it out of the dirt and let it dry ? or can i cut off the bad part and save the top . help?
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KBG1977
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9582823 - 01/10/09 12:52 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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if it in fact rotting,just cut the bad part off,and re root the rest.Make sure you cut a lil ways up from the rot,so you leave no rot on the plant.
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mpsh13
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: KBG1977]
#9582950 - 01/10/09 01:10 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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if its not rotting what are the other possibility's
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KBG1977
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9583090 - 01/10/09 01:30 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do me a favor,and kinda give the brown area a squeeze.If it's mushy,then it's rotten,and will eventually travel up the whole plant,and kill it.I'd cut all that rot off asap!
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mpsh13
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: KBG1977]
#9583322 - 01/10/09 02:02 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah its softer than the rest , so im gona cut it, how could it have gotten that bad , yesterday was the first time i watered it , and it wasnt like that when i got it
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KBG1977
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9583362 - 01/10/09 02:09 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not sure how it got like that man,but I had a Bridgesii cutting that I just stuck in a pot of dry soil,and after a couple of weeks did the same thing as yours.I never did water it either,so i don't know why it rotted.Luckily I caught it in time,and saved the rest of the plant
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9583365 - 01/10/09 02:09 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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bruising alone can fuck up a cactus. But how dry was the soil?? Totally bone dry??? How calloused was the end??? The ends can still put out moisture and then rot. I never stick cuttings in soil no matter how dry anymore.
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: KBG1977]
#9583369 - 01/10/09 02:10 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks for the help
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KBG1977
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: cpw1971]
#9583378 - 01/10/09 02:11 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yep,that Bridgesii that that happened to was one I got from cpw my good buddy,and he warned me not to put it in the soil,but to let it root first.I'll be listening to what other people say from now on
Edited by KBG1977 (01/10/09 02:11 PM)
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mpsh13
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9583392 - 01/10/09 02:13 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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what do u do with them if u dont stick them in soil
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KBG1977
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9583505 - 01/10/09 02:29 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I root my cacti using aquarium rocks.I just get a pot,or a container,stick the Cactus down in the pot,and fill it up all around the cacti with aquarium rocks,about a couple inches up the cacti to keep it stabilized.It works every time
Edited by KBG1977 (01/10/09 02:30 PM)
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mpsh13
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: KBG1977]
#9583999 - 01/10/09 03:32 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9584022 - 01/10/09 03:34 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm going to try that aquarium rocks thing with my small 5cm san pedro cutting, hopefully it will work
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: jds]
#9584078 - 01/10/09 03:42 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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should i maybe take all the cuttings out of the dirt , and put them in rocks or is it too late ,
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9584113 - 01/10/09 03:46 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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too late, just cut the rot off before it spreads further. is it just me of does that soil totally not look dry?
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: Artnotwar]
#9585237 - 01/10/09 07:04 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Why is it so hard for people to refrain from watering their cuttings?
And it's January.
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mpsh13
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: plainswalker]
#9585578 - 01/10/09 08:07 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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i watered them almost three weeks after planting , how long should i wait , i thought that was long enough
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9585586 - 01/10/09 08:08 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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also i planted ten of them and that is the only one that has a problem
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9586125 - 01/10/09 09:35 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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take the other 9 out of the wet soil if they have no roots yet. and almost three weeks after, will not be enough time to water in a lot of cases.
lesson learned, DON'T water untill the cutting has a decent amount of roots.
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Re: what should i do with this cacti [Re: mpsh13]
#9586972 - 01/11/09 12:04 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah, what do you think an unrooted cactus cutting can do with water?
the answer is nothing, because it has no roots. don't give them any water until you are 100% positive that they have started to throw roots.
just let them sit dry, then dig them up and check for roots every couple of months.
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