Nopalxochia gamble

[lblanchard]

For the last week or so I've had the uneasy feeling that my scrap of Dodo Hamilton's Nopalxochia was pushed too deep into the vermiculite and that it was too low in the pot, meaning that the cutting was getting too little light (and, possibly, air).

Today I took a deep breath and excavated. The good news is that it has roots more than an inch long. The bad news is that it has a necrotic spot. So I pulled it from the vermiculite and put it in potting medium -- with the pot filled almost to the top with the potting medium and the cutting buried about 1/2" - 3/4" inch more shallowly. If the disruption doesn't set it back, the increased light and air just might do the trick.

I have leaned close to it and promised it lots of attention and a VERY handsome pot if it will only live.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Good luck!
Is the necrotic spot very big?

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

The size of a match-head, or less, and at the margin. With the plant re-seated, it's exposed to the open air on all sides, so perhaps it will dry up and seal itself off.