How hard is it to kill a cactus?

Cactus, how can I kill thee? Let me count the ways:

Watered too much

As others have noticed, this will do it. It's deceptive, as well, on the grounds that most likely, the desert flora will look fine and dandy until it's past the point of no return. Best ever story in this vein was an individual from our desert flora and delicious club who lost a ten-foot saguaro prickly plant that out of nowhere fallen, uncovering progressing decay from too fanatical watering.

Mealybugs

Abhor them, despise them, loathe them. They look like harmless little puffs of cottony build upon a desert plant's spines. On the off chance that they're on the spines where you can see them, they're most likely down on/in the base and roots, draining the life out of your desert flora. You can treat the desert plant and likely spare it, on the off chance that you get the invasion early.

Too much fertilizer

In case you're similar to me, and you love your desert flora, you need to treat them. So you read the headings on the compost concentrate, and you're industrious, and sometimes you capitulate to the "if a little is acceptable, increasingly should be better" trap. Serious mix-up. You can consume and shrink a desert plant with an excess of compost. Incredibly, without any problem.

Too much sunlight

"It's a desert plant! It develops in the desert under a blistering sun! I'll plant it in that spot where it gets brilliant daylight ALL DAY!" That could be the commemoration for a decent numerous desert flora. Stop and think for a minute: when you purchase a desert flora from a nursery, it was more likely than not raised under an incomplete shade. In the event that you take it home and put it where it gets immediate daylight throughout the day, at any rate, it will get a terrible burn from the sun; assuming the worst possible scenario, it will pass on. (You can plant it in a recognize that gets immediate daylight, yet you need to give it an opportunity to alter, by briefly concealing it and step by step diminishing the shade.

Not suited for your climate zone

Prickly plants are adjusted to some extreme situations, yet that doesn't mean they'll do well in EVERY intense condition. A great deal of them doesn't do well in high-height situations (over 5,000 feet) regardless of whether the atmosphere is dry. Huge numbers of them can be handily murdered if winter temperatures go excessively low. Components like mugginess and wind presentation can hurt them. Indeed, even in a situation where they are commonly fit, there can be microclimate issues.

Wrong potting mix

Goodness, the impulse to give the dear little plant a decent rich blend of fertilized soil. On the off chance that you utilize a blend implied for ordinary houseplants, you're most of the way to murdering your prickly plant directly from the beginning. In the event that you consolidate a high natural issue preparing blend in with a pot with poor waste as well as overeager watering, the prickly plant is likely a goner.

Those are only the standard suspects. FWIW, each desert flora specialist I've at any point realized will have a supply of anecdotes about how they've figured out how to execute prickly plants. They're flawless plants and can be compensating to develop, yet they aren't as impenetrable as individuals assume.

Some pictures of cactus:-