help! my cactus is dieing.
 

I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins
and toped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing ...hehe!

Anyways the top ball shaped thing started turning brown and know it's
all dead looking, some people told me that it's because i watered it
too mush but I'm not sure if once or twice a week is really too mush?

Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if
another one would eventually grow back to replace it???

Billy

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

Billy wrote:

I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins
and toped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing ...hehe!

Anyways the top ball shaped thing started turning brown and know it's
all dead looking, some people told me that it's because i watered it
too mush but I'm not sure if once or twice a week is really too mush?

Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if
another one would eventually grow back to replace it???

Billy

Once or twice a week is way too much for cacti. Once a month is more like
it. The "ball thingy" is most likely another species of cactus which was
top grafted, so no, nothing will grow back. You may get some growth from
the base plant, but if the top has failed, it is a pretty safe bet the
bottom is on its way out as well. For your next cactus, hold off on the
watering!

pam - gardengal

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

The so called "Moon Cactus" (not mini cactus) is an albino globular red
Gymnocalycium grafted onto the stock of the tropical Hylocereus undatus. The
two are only barely compatable and the death of one or the other is only a
matter of time.

Watering it twice a week is definitely going to make mush out of a cactus.
Especially if you are doing it during the winter resting season.

No, the grafted Gymno will not grow back after it is dead. The Hylocereus
stock will now start putting out long branches and begin to behave like the
weed it really is.


Billy wrote in message
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I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins
and toped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing ...hehe!

Anyways the top ball shaped thing started turning brown and know it's
all dead looking, some people told me that it's because i watered it
too mush but I'm not sure if once or twice a week is really too mush?

Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if
another one would eventually grow back to replace it???

Billy

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

On 11 Mar 2003 13:17:18 -0800, (Billy) wrote:

I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins
and toped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing ...hehe!

Anyways the top ball shaped thing started turning brown and know it's
all dead looking, some people told me that it's because i watered it
too mush but I'm not sure if once or twice a week is really too mush?

Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if
another one would eventually grow back to replace it???

Billy

Yes, you definately watered it too much. A general guideline is once
a month in winter, twice a month (in summer) during the gorwing
season. The graft will probably not grow back. It may be too late,
but put it in a sunny window and don't water it for six weeks.

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

Beware of the gorwing season!!!! How true!! Mimsy were the borogoves in
those brillig seasons past but that was long before the arrival of the
frellious Jabberwock!!!

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The graft will probably not grow back? Guess what, dude. Its kaput. Its
ancient history. Its lost forever. Its gone. Forget it.

When did they rip your ball thingy completely off?


Phisherman wrote in message
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On 11 Mar 2003 13:17:18 -0800, (Billy) wrote:

I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins
and toped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing ...hehe!

Anyways the top ball shaped thing started turning brown and know it's
all dead looking, some people told me that it's because i watered it
too mush but I'm not sure if once or twice a week is really too mush?

Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if
another one would eventually grow back to replace it???

Billy

Yes, you definately watered it too much. A general guideline is once
a month in winter, twice a month (in summer) during the gorwing
season. The graft will probably not grow back. It may be too late,
but put it in a sunny window and don't water it for six weeks.

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

I got a mini cactus a few months ago the one with the three green fins and
topped up with a red prickly ball shaped thing
Today i ripped the ball thingy off completely and i was wondering if another
one would eventually grow back to replace it??

No, the ball is a cactus without any chlorophyll. It was grafted onto the green
base to keep it alive. The understock may grow, that's all. If you want another
grafted cactus, you will have to buy one. If you did not let it dry out
completely between waterings, it was too much. Also, it may not have been
getting enough light. The grafted cacti are a novelty which is not too
practical.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

"Cereoid+10+" wrote in message
y.com...
Beware of the gorwing season!!!! How true!! Mimsy were the borogoves in
those brillig seasons past but that was long before the arrival of the
frellious Jabberwock!!!

************************

The graft will probably not grow back? Guess what, dude. Its kaput. Its
ancient history. Its lost forever. Its gone. Forget it.

When did they rip your ball thingy completely off?

With that galumphing observation from Asteroid-, I certainly wouldn't
respond with "Calooh! Calay!" His "vorpal blade" (with apologies to Lewis
Carroll) needs sharpening. ;-)

John

help! my cactus is dieing.
 

ok Thanks everyone