Put it in a new pot with a drainage hole. 50% “cactus soil” 50% perlite/pea gravel.
LongjumpingAd3820
This is what’s called a kokedama moss planting lol – I’d definitely repot into some soil, this style of planting is typically used for accent plants in Japanese gardening.
Edit: I had to look it up since I’ve never seen a cactus as one. They do exist, but it feels wrong.
DebateZealousideal57
This is the wackiest shit I’ve seen in a long time
arioandy
Kokedama wont work with cacs!
ohdearitsrichardiii
This is just a novelty plant, not meant to be kept for a long time. Firstly the “moon cactus” is two species of cactus grafted together. They rarely live long as it is.
The kokedama is a ball of moss and peat, you can keep moisture loving plants in that but they are unsuitable for most cactuses
brenhaas
It’s better to under water indoors low light. Try misting!
Merryprankstress
OP, if it ever starts going downhill, you can cut the top part off and replant the root stock. A lot of these moon cactus will have a dragonfruit cactus as the base and it might put out new growth after having the top removed. I had one before that put out new growth at the top after I cut the grafted part off.
Wow…. Did you purchase this at a big box store? I know big box stores pull some stupid crap to ensure your plants doesn’t live long so you buy another one to try again and this looks like an attempt at that (another example is ice cubes to water orchids 🤦♀️)
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Put it in a new pot with a drainage hole. 50% “cactus soil” 50% perlite/pea gravel.
This is what’s called a kokedama moss planting lol – I’d definitely repot into some soil, this style of planting is typically used for accent plants in Japanese gardening.
Edit: I had to look it up since I’ve never seen a cactus as one. They do exist, but it feels wrong.
This is the wackiest shit I’ve seen in a long time
Kokedama wont work with cacs!
This is just a novelty plant, not meant to be kept for a long time. Firstly the “moon cactus” is two species of cactus grafted together. They rarely live long as it is.
The kokedama is a ball of moss and peat, you can keep moisture loving plants in that but they are unsuitable for most cactuses
It’s better to under water indoors low light. Try misting!
OP, if it ever starts going downhill, you can cut the top part off and replant the root stock. A lot of these moon cactus will have a dragonfruit cactus as the base and it might put out new growth after having the top removed. I had one before that put out new growth at the top after I cut the grafted part off.
I thought this was the jerk sub 😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/bzfbqcrfrjqf1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f72d0ab03b136b84f7b633524fc55e64315aa49
What the actual….???!!!!!
Wow…. Did you purchase this at a big box store? I know big box stores pull some stupid crap to ensure your plants doesn’t live long so you buy another one to try again and this looks like an attempt at that (another example is ice cubes to water orchids 🤦♀️)
Oh lord, what fresh hell is this?
I have never seen a cactus in Kokedama before…