Rot? or dried out? or other?
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:45 pm
I purchased three cacti about 10 months ago, and one of them (notocactus) is having some problems. It is "hunching over" in the direction of the sickness, and the tissue seems dark and possibly dry.
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It is kept inside and has very little sun exposure. The woman who sold them to me said to water them once every 5 weeks (and by water, she said just a drizzle). They are sitting in cactus soil with a rock shallow rock layer on top. This looks like it may be rot, but it also seemed to my like it could be drying out. The brown surface is not very soft like I've read of rot. I have also read that if the cactus is not getting heat or sun that I really don't have to water it at all. Any help I receive will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Nick
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http://imgur.com/Tu2WuzU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is kept inside and has very little sun exposure. The woman who sold them to me said to water them once every 5 weeks (and by water, she said just a drizzle). They are sitting in cactus soil with a rock shallow rock layer on top. This looks like it may be rot, but it also seemed to my like it could be drying out. The brown surface is not very soft like I've read of rot. I have also read that if the cactus is not getting heat or sun that I really don't have to water it at all. Any help I receive will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Nick