Viewing post #1263987 by Purplebloomcactus

Thughorse said:Hello,
I have a very old Christmas cactus that has been having trouble recently. It's normally bright green growths have turned darker green and seem wilted and slightly shriveled. Just yesterday, a limb fell off roughly 1/3 the size of the whole plant. About a month that ago I realized something was going on and repotted. The old soil was rock hard and had to be carefully broken up. After repotting I was hoping to see improvement but so far there hasn't really been any, and of the limb just broke off. I live in Portland Oregon which is currently very cold, but moved the cactus to a warmer spot in my home when I started noticing it's failing health. I water once a week, ish? I never have carefully monitored my watering habits but they have been consistent for the years I have owned the plant. If anyone can offer any advice I would greatly appreciate it, the plant has great value to me and I would be very sad to see it go.
Thank you,
Thughorse


PS I will try and highlight in the photo were the limb broke off... the bark is a darker color than the rest of the plant except for a couple spots of similar color elsewhere.

Hi I am from Gresham, Oregon and have a 25 year old rare Bristol Queen I need to repot because of back problems I couldn't left planter. I used a small Saw and splited in two planters! The last picture is a large root system (I rooted in Bull run water) You could use distilled water make sure your water is chlorine free. Make sure the the soil is a cactus mix, too!