Saving My Rotting Cactus - An Illustrated Guide With Video Links
By David Sloma
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About this ebook
This is the story about how I saved my rotting cactus and it's a guide on how you can save yours, too!
Learn the step-by-step methods I used to save my cactus plant from rot and see the results, three years out.
***Includes many full-color still pictures and links to videos of the entire process!
David Sloma
A writer, artist, storyteller, renaissance man, and seeker.
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Saving My Rotting Cactus - An Illustrated Guide With Video Links - David Sloma
Introduction and Finding a Problem
The cactus plant goes back a long way as far as humans are concerned, as much as 9000 years! I suspect it's much longer that the plants were around before people found uses for them. Did you know that the cactus plant is edible! Indeed, since it stores water so well it can be a lifesaver in an emergency situation.
Its food uses don't stop there! You can make wine from the cactus, and cook and eat the flesh of the plant. You've likely heard of the Agave plant, from which sweeteners are made. Even textiles and paper can be made from the cactus! A wonder of nature at survival, the cactus grows in many inhospitable desert areas in the world and it numbers well over 2000 species.
My cactus was bought at a big box
store. The name is not important. I don't even recall the name of the cactus! (You can tell how little I knew about cacti when I got mine!) I think it cost a dollar and it was tiny when I got it, only a few inches high, in a small pot that fit in the palm of my hand.
That was over a decade ago, and that little plant has grown to over a foot in height or several times its original size! I've