Urgent! Please help! Compton Carousel stem rot?
I received this CC in the mail yesterday at 12:30pm. Hope was low as most of the leaves had already fallen off and the remain leaves were quite soft and wilted. I removed all the leaves that were wilted/soft and was left with a few leaves. The stem was firm at the time and no spots of rot seen anywhere on the stem. I potted it up and put it 3 feet away from an east facing window. I did take a peak at it before I went to bed at around 10:30 pm and nothing had changed.
I checked it about 30 minutes ago and the stem appears like it's shrivelling. The tip of the stem is soft. The base appears ok. Is this rot? Can anything be done?
Thank you - Lily
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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Until I got my own little CC and actually felt one. I can see why yours looked the way it did. Mine would have looked the same being in a box for 2 weeks, and who knows how that box was treated. Out of all my succulents my CC feels the most delicate. If I put it out in the sun I know it would just melt like chocolate. I have single Conophytums with barely any roots that feel tougher than my CC. My Glottiphyllum pygmaeum I can handle with rougher hands, and the leaves on those get messed up with one fingernail stab. I think once mine gains size it will get sturdier, but these guys are not your average eachie:). I'm guessing that's why we don't find them for $5 at Home Depot;). I can see why people have issues with them 100%. When they're small that's where the problems occur. Once they get nicely rooted and big you can exhale. A little;). I've just been lucky mine hasn't croaked yet.
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