Thimble Cactus Needs Help
#Mammillaria What’s wrong with my plant and is it at all fixable? For reference the flowering picture was it a year and a half ago, but she only started growing funky this last October. She’s about three years old now and I’m so sad that she’s lost her original shape and didn’t flower this year. Can I take a piece from the bottom and try to propagate?
2ft to light, indirect
Last watered 8 months ago
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Hi! I don’t believe your cactus is getting enough light which is causing this stretching. I noticed your plant card says it only receives indirect light, which is likely why this has happened. Most cacti are light-hogs and require tons of direct sunlight to thrive (I don’t own this exact species but this applies to all cacti I currently own)
As for recovering the original look, I would personally move your cactus to a location it can thrive and then propagate healthy offshoots once they form. You can also give the cactus some surgery but I have no experience in that department, and believe it would involve more risk. Unfortunately the original cactus will always look a lil tall and funky, but I choose to say it’s one of a kind🥰
As for recovering the original look, I would personally move your cactus to a location it can thrive and then propagate healthy offshoots once they form. You can also give the cactus some surgery but I have no experience in that department, and believe it would involve more risk. Unfortunately the original cactus will always look a lil tall and funky, but I choose to say it’s one of a kind🥰
@thingsNstuff I love that you choose to say it's one of a kind. I am so using that from now on. Plants do what plants do, and we just try to help them along.
@Pastelflower Madisyn provided good advice already. The only thing I can add is ... Nope, I got nuthin. 😆. Yeah ..just after she starts growing new, normal looking babies, you can pop those off and start a new pot, because they grow really fast for a cactus when they are getting enough light.
@Pastelflower Madisyn provided good advice already. The only thing I can add is ... Nope, I got nuthin. 😆. Yeah ..just after she starts growing new, normal looking babies, you can pop those off and start a new pot, because they grow really fast for a cactus when they are getting enough light.
@UltraKoreanfir thank you!! My way of thinking positively when this happens to my own plants, which I’ll admit happens quite often😅
