I recently bought this Astrophytum myriostigma and while repotting it noticed significant root rot. The whole taproot was rotten and the rot continued in the vascular bundle almost to the top of the plant. Since it now has almost no vascular tissue left, it cannot survive, right? I already got a refund for the cactus, but was thinking whether to chuck it or try putting it in soil.
by Havuluu
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Idk if you can slab graft am areole on an astro, but if you can do that. Then place the rest of it in some pumice and see if it roots. The wrost that could happen is you’re back to where you started.
I don’t grow these so idk for sure but I grow a lot of cactus and if they are anything like those, you definitely have a chance if you can dry that cavity out really well and remove rot.
Then you should be able to root it. My concern would be moisture in that pocket once you plant it. Maybe someone has experience with that? I am actually waiting to root a pup with a chunk out the center like this. Not at bad though. Maybe if I packed it with bees wax it would prevent mold from growing in empty pocket? Not sure though.
If most of the core is gone, it wouldn’t survive. You could try slab grafting it as suggested by another comment. But it’s not 100% survival too and you really need to be knowledgeable on how to slab graft if properly.
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Idk I’d just chuck it on top of some soil and see what happens personally! If you don’t have much space to be trying random experiments though it probably doesn’t have much chance, so I’d just chuck it
u/Havuluu pour sulfur into the pocket shake it around and dump it out. set on its side in front of fan till it callouses or turns to mush
I’ve tried. Doubt it but worth
Looks like you turned it into a pocket Pxssy.
Have you heard of stuffed peppers? That is what to do with that.
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