I have two plants with an issue and one thats already died, I hope that's okay! Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
This coral cactus recently had surgery to cut away a bit of rot. It seemed to heal up nicely, but then the scab peeled away to reveal this! The other side of the plant is fine, but this section is juicy and hollow and slowly spreading. Is it possible to save him? He's quite special to me.
This is my Little Jewel plant, and I'm worried about that red spot, which has been growing slowly bigger over the course of a few weeks. What is it? Should I remove that leaf?
Lastly, this mimicry plant seemed fine a few days ago, but I checked on him today to find this :( I think he's dead for good, but I'd love to know what went wrong so I can avoid it in the next mimicry I get.
Thank you and I hope this isn't too much to handle! If so, don't worry about it <3 Again, any advice you have would be much appreciated <3
If it were me i'd deffo re-cut that cactus. Hallow and spreading doesn't sound or look good! Make sure your knife or what have you is clean, throw some alcohol on it even to be sure, and if its multiple cuts make sure you clean it between each cut. Then i'd sprinkle some cinnamon on the wound to help it dry and callus over faster. You want to keep that cut as dry as possible.
For the leaf... i have no idea what it is. But if you're positive its getting larger i'd remove it just to be safe.
For your split rock its rotted from overwatering. Very easily done with these guys. First thing to fix is your soil. It should be at least 70-80% inorganic materials, like perlite, pumice, gravel, or lava rock, for example. Even going 100% no soil and all inorganic would be fine for these. Soil just holds moisture that will rot these really quick. Usually when you bring these home they're in terribly dense peat moss. First things first is to get all of that off the roots entirely, use water if you have to. If you use water let it sit out bare root to dry however. These guys also have very specific growth cycles and should only be watered during certain stages. The most simplified way of telling when to water is when the inner leaves are slightly squishy. If they're splitting they get zero water. If they have more than 1 pair of leaves is when they're splitting. I've owned one for a year now and have only watered it once because it finished a split and then started again soon after. While they're splitting they use up the water in their old leaves and if they get watered they get confused and put it back in their old leaves instead of their new ones, and then they never finish using up their old leaves. Honestly just never give these water unless their inner leaves are squishy, look at them all you like but leave them dry. And if its more humid where you are? They'll use that, so make sure there's 0 soil in their mix if you're in a humid place so they can stay as dry as possible.
