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Name: Roberta
Status: educator
Age: 40s
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Date: 7/15/2004
Question:
Why are my cactus plants turning brown at the bottom? They are still blooming but they look as if they are dying (from the base of the soil to the middle of the plant).

Replies:
Sounds as if dying.

Perhaps helpful:

http://www.bcss.org.uk/forum/read.php?f=1&i=280&t=280

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/cactus/growingcactus/

Anthony Brach, Ph.D


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