This cutting has been in a pot since probably August. It ...
0ft to light, direct
7” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
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@ChelleMiCorGenX - Hello Michelle!!
You are not the only one impatiently waiting on roots 🤦🏽♀️ My damn fire sticks 😞
Sooo for starters, here’s a good cacti/succulent mix I highly recommend! It has excellent drainage and it’s very inexpensive!
Next, you’ll see what looks like a mess!! HaHa 😆 It’s not though! It’s a senecio cephalophorus! Shhh what a mouthful, right?! Well anyways, she was sent to me as a clipping, not one root! Around about the same time as you! August/September! So I planted it in coco coir and perlite! Not a succulent mix, but I’ve had WAY MUCH better results that way! Once it had good roots, I then put it in my succulent mix! I still only watered it as Greg would tell me! So about twice a month! Same with the other 2 pots I made in the last 2 pics! Those fire sticks did not want to root! Until I put them in coco coir/perlite!!
So for the actual rooting process, you don’t NEED a succulent mix, but you will definitely need it once it’s rooting for you!!
The base is brown because that’s where the cut was made and it’s now calloused over! That is PERRRRRFECT! If not, you risk running into a bunch of infections and what not! So when a cut is made, you want it to sit out until it’s calloused over BEFORE it touches any kind of soil! Then you’re good 😁
I hope this helps you out some and if you have anymore questions, please let me know 😁
You are not the only one impatiently waiting on roots 🤦🏽♀️ My damn fire sticks 😞
Sooo for starters, here’s a good cacti/succulent mix I highly recommend! It has excellent drainage and it’s very inexpensive!
Next, you’ll see what looks like a mess!! HaHa 😆 It’s not though! It’s a senecio cephalophorus! Shhh what a mouthful, right?! Well anyways, she was sent to me as a clipping, not one root! Around about the same time as you! August/September! So I planted it in coco coir and perlite! Not a succulent mix, but I’ve had WAY MUCH better results that way! Once it had good roots, I then put it in my succulent mix! I still only watered it as Greg would tell me! So about twice a month! Same with the other 2 pots I made in the last 2 pics! Those fire sticks did not want to root! Until I put them in coco coir/perlite!!
So for the actual rooting process, you don’t NEED a succulent mix, but you will definitely need it once it’s rooting for you!!
The base is brown because that’s where the cut was made and it’s now calloused over! That is PERRRRRFECT! If not, you risk running into a bunch of infections and what not! So when a cut is made, you want it to sit out until it’s calloused over BEFORE it touches any kind of soil! Then you’re good 😁
I hope this helps you out some and if you have anymore questions, please let me know 😁
@ChelleMiCorGenX I’m thinking crown rot.. but I’ll call in the experts to confirm. Maybe we can chop & propagate back into a soil succulent mix with rooting hormone🤷🌱✨ best of luck!! I’m sure we’ll find out what’s going on🤠🌱🥳 @Charli3Plant @JenniferNoel (ik you’re sick queen so don’t worry if you can’t respond, heal my beauty🤩❤️) @UltraKoreanfir @SvelteKingfern @FairyFly @TheOddAsity @TheConservator
@Prentyce I’m not a cactus person, but thanks for the tag! (I just don’t know them) But… I think @SirLiquorice @FairyFly and @itsjordan might know?
I know enough to ask if the stalk is squishy and if there’s a smell 😂 I would try propagating
I know enough to ask if the stalk is squishy and if there’s a smell 😂 I would try propagating
@TheOddAsity slay April you’re amazing I’m so sorry I just think of you as expert everything 🥳🫣🤠🤷 what can I say you’re the bestest ever 🤩🥳
@ChelleMiCorGenX that’s good news!! No surgery required. It probably just didn’t develop roots. I have a haworthia aloe (?) someone gave me. I had it in soil since September. No rot, but also no roots. I recently switched it to plain coco coir that I kept the soil misted daily for 2 weeks… and now we have roots!!
@ChelleMiCorGenX I do not have this particular cactus, but it will need to be buried deep enough in the pot to allow new roots... they grow from where the spines are, in most cases. I like April's @TheOddAsity suggestion to get in in some coir that you can keep slightly moistened to encourage root growth. After a month or so, if you tug gently, you should feel it "holding" itself in. Even better, put it in a clear pot so you can see the roots develop. @Prentyce is so sweet, always tagging folks to get multiple POV.
Some of the Cacti just take a really long time, but don't lose faith. 👍
Some of the Cacti just take a really long time, but don't lose faith. 👍
@UltraKoreanfir THANK YOU SO SO SO MUHC Melisse🤩🌱✨ you are the best ever!! I appreciate your support SO MUCH! Thank you thank you thank you🥹🤠 please let me know if I’m ever a bother!!🥹✨💫🤠
@UltraKoreanfir it was buried pretty deep, but I realized recently that the pot didn’t have drainage holes, I however was sparing in my water but a think a good soil change is in order. He is one of three and the “oldes” is doing well in good succulent soil. This was in outdoor succulent soil without drainage 🤦🏻♀️. Thank you. So you don’t think I need to chop the end off?
@SvelteKingfern outdoor succulent/fruit tree soil , it did not have drainage holes, but I thought it did, outside in a “greenhouse “ with heat and grow lights, outside in sunshine when temps above 50, I think the soil and drainage is the stressor as it’s brother (2nd photo) is very happy
Soil has to be succulent/cacti soil (commercially made is dirt cheap), pot needs to have one big drainage hole or several smaller). These conditions are PARAMOUNT.
You must get new soil. In the meantime do not water this cactus, put it aside in a dark dry place. Tag me when you're ready, and I give you precise instructions.
You said the cut off part is hard. That's good.
You must get new soil. In the meantime do not water this cactus, put it aside in a dark dry place. Tag me when you're ready, and I give you precise instructions.
You said the cut off part is hard. That's good.
@JenniferNoel thank you, I actually do have succulent mix.. well I’m about to use it up on another plant so I will get what you suggest and some coco coir for the rooting process. Thank you so much
@ChelleMiCorGenX - It deleted the pic 😓
All of those plants in the orange pot came to me as clippings!
Now they have ROOTS 🥰
All of those plants in the orange pot came to me as clippings!
Now they have ROOTS 🥰
@JenniferNoel YAY BEST FRIEND!! Thank yOU SO MUCHH! More plant knowledge and goodness for my book🥹✨🌱🤩🤓 your an angel !! Thank you!!🥳💫✨
@JenniferNoel well these guys certainly didn’t have any trouble rooting lol, cuttings that I planted along side the “problem child” (poor baby) 🙂
@ChelleMiCorGenX - Girlllll, I TOTALLY GET IT!! Mine are the same way! Sooo damn picky sometimes!!
But those roots look AWESOME!!! GREAT JOB!
Problem child will get there too, just a little slower 🐌
But those roots look AWESOME!!! GREAT JOB!
Problem child will get there too, just a little slower 🐌
@ChelleMiCorGenX If that end is just dry and calloused, then no. But if you feel like it is rot and it feels soft, then yes. If you do, let the end callous for about 72 hous beforepla ing it back into the new pot.
What I would probably do is pre-moisten the coir or succulent soil you pot it in, get it pressed in moderately, and then don't water it for like two weeks (lightly misting to keep the top 1/2" moist would be okay, just not WET.) Bottom soaking for about 10 minutes once every 14 days or so will make lower levels of the substrate moist, and might help to encourage roots to seek out the moisture by sending roots downward. But if you have a clear pot, you'll be able to see if the substrate is still moist at the bottom. Moisture meters or just chopsticks can help. If they come out with dirt stuck to them, there's moisture.
Make sure it is put in a warm location with bright light (like a foot or two back from a really sunny window).
I'm glad the others are doing well. The brother in the second poto above...wow! That one looks great! I'd buy that in a ❤️ beat.
I'm pretty sure when you get the little one in the coir with a small bit of moisture consistently, you'll get it to wake up. If not, you still have some awesome ones of the same plant.
What I would probably do is pre-moisten the coir or succulent soil you pot it in, get it pressed in moderately, and then don't water it for like two weeks (lightly misting to keep the top 1/2" moist would be okay, just not WET.) Bottom soaking for about 10 minutes once every 14 days or so will make lower levels of the substrate moist, and might help to encourage roots to seek out the moisture by sending roots downward. But if you have a clear pot, you'll be able to see if the substrate is still moist at the bottom. Moisture meters or just chopsticks can help. If they come out with dirt stuck to them, there's moisture.
Make sure it is put in a warm location with bright light (like a foot or two back from a really sunny window).
I'm glad the others are doing well. The brother in the second poto above...wow! That one looks great! I'd buy that in a ❤️ beat.
I'm pretty sure when you get the little one in the coir with a small bit of moisture consistently, you'll get it to wake up. If not, you still have some awesome ones of the same plant.
@SvelteKingfern YAS my QUeen Sophie🤩🌱 thank you SO MUCH!!! You are incredible as always 🫣🥳 Ms Athena is looking incredible as always! Greener every day🤩💫🌱
@UltraKoreanfir thank you. The first picture is the momma, the third picture is the momma when I first got her, probably 7 yrs ago? The second picture are her three sons. She had to stay in CA, so I brought these three with me to New Mexico. She was my pride and joy 🥰.
The twins are in new soil and pots and hopefully will soon be as happy as their big brother @JenniferNoel @TheOddAsity @UltraKoreanfir 🥰
@ChelleMiCorGenX - YAY 😁 I’m happy to see the new repots! They will be on their way to big bro shortly! Showing YOU that you’ve made them happy and did a GREAT job 🥰