I had no idea
How painful this would be.
I bought a cactus. It's dying.
Sigh.
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How painful this would be.
I bought a cactus. It's dying.
Sigh.
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don't water it.
Posted by: bill | July 04, 2007 at 01:45 PM
Sigh.
So much to get used to!
I'm watering my indoor plants about three times as much as I used to.
Right now, I'm giving the orange tree (outside) a good soak. It'll only get one of these this month.
Water spare, but water deep is what I am following.
Posted by: Jenn | July 04, 2007 at 09:12 PM
Djinn...what convinced me that I was completely unable to take care of plants was that I couldn't keep a cactus alive, even through benign neglect.
Posted by: Paul | July 05, 2007 at 05:39 AM
I'm so sorry! It sucks when the plants die. Totally sucks. I hope it reverses itself before it's too late.
Posted by: Genie | July 05, 2007 at 02:41 PM
I'm your soul sister here... for me it's not cactus, though. It's aloe vera. Only because I haven't been brave enough to try a cactus after my multiple failures with aloe vera.
(Yes... the same aloe vera that you see growing and thriving in college dorm rooms and grandma's house, for pete's sake!)
Posted by: Kim | July 05, 2007 at 11:42 PM
I can't grow cactus or aloe. I do manage to grow other things, so I try to concentrate on them.
It has to be about 20 times harder to grow anything in the desert!
Posted by: Bogie | July 06, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Don't feel bad it happens to everyone and with dead plants come experience.
Posted by: MrBrownThumb | July 08, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Cactus are a complete mystery to me.
Posted by: eliz | July 11, 2007 at 10:11 PM
If you are interested in cacti you should definitely check out the blog http://waterwhendry.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Matthew | July 12, 2007 at 09:10 AM
Thank you, Matthew. I am indeed looking for local/ desert gardeners.
If I ever get around to some housekeeping around here, that one will go up on the sidebar!
Posted by: Jenn | July 13, 2007 at 12:58 AM
Hi Jenn,
So sorry about the catcus failure. I hope you are enjoying your new home.
Posted by: Zoey | July 15, 2007 at 07:11 PM
I've grown to accept houseplant death. Our interior enviornments are difficult for these plants. We do the best we can, but it happens.
Posted by: eliz | July 25, 2007 at 09:37 PM