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Hello everyone.. first post here, hope someone can help Kirk my cute lil cactus seems to be dieing on me. I am assuming it is because i over watered him. (I STUPIDLY used a little spray bottle on his needles) I only did this obviously cause I didnt know what I was doing or how to take care of cacti. Is there any way I can save him? Attached are some photos of him in his glory days and how he looks now. His flesh seems to be a lot spongier than it was and his once prominent growths have slackened and fallen over and are also shrinking...
What can I do?!?! Kirk needs to be saved!
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First off get some cactus potting soil and repot him where the soil is not wet. Find a nice sunny location for him where it isn't humid and then I think you have to cross your fingers and hope. I've had them explode on me when I went to lift them out just because I have very high humidity in my apartment from cooking.
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He's cute. wear welding gloves or something strong like cow hide when re potting.course I also added tongs and used plastic sheeting when moveing some prickly pear.
If get thorns in hand....get duct tape....press rip er off. deep ones brown sugar& dawn dish soap make paste wrap in guaze remove in 12 hours& wash.I use it for rose thorns,but works on cacti thorns too.
I use a schultz cacti mix here in states.You need Longy.he's your area and would know EXACTLY which soil you'd need.my mix feels gritty& has perlite added.
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The pale, thin growth is because it's not getting enough sun. Give it lots of sun, not much water, pot it up in a shallow pot with gritty, quick draining soil. You're coming into summer, right? In a month or so it should be in a position to sort out what needs pruning or rerooting or what. Good luck.
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thank you so much for all your help... will be heading to the nursery to pickup some nice gritty soil and repot Kirk into a larger bowl. It is summer here now so no shortage of sunlight, I'll be sure to keep him out on the balcony during the day to help his recovery Posts: 4 | From: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Nov 2005
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an update on poor lil kirk... kirk has passed away gave him a nice new home with nice gritty soil and a big bowl and plenty fo sunlight but he just kept shrivelling up. Now he is all tiny and brown time to get a new one ! kirk2 shall survive !
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cacti prefer small pots. i have a cactus that is in a tiny pot compared to how big it is. i water it maybe once every 2-3 months, and its doing great.
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wow you guys just answered all my questions!
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Kirk my cute lil cactus seems to be dieing on me. I am assuming it is because i over watered him. (I STUPIDLY used a little spray bottle on his needles) I only did this obviously cause I didnt know what I was doing or how to take care of cacti. Is there any way I can save him? Attached are some photos of him in his glory days and how he looks now. His flesh seems to be a lot spongier than it was and his once prominent growths have slackened and fallen over and are also shrinking...
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gave him a nice new home with nice gritty soil and a big bowl and plenty fo sunlight but he just kept shrivelling up. Now he is all tiny and brown 
