Hey y'all. I moved across the country 6 months ago. I accidentally left these in the garage for about 6 months and I am curious if they are still consumable?
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Consumable?
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After sitting in the dark, they'd likely be quite potent, but I wouldn't eat those mouldy-looking ones. There's sign of root growth, so you'll probably get fresh biomass pretty quickly after planting. Beware of sunburn on your cacti once they're ready to go outdoors - use shading for a couple of weeks while they get acclimatised.
It's also a question of whether the mouldy bits will succumb to rot - you'll have to keep an eye on them in case there's bad bits show which need cutting off.
Planting them horizontally might afford more stems than in the vertical format, at least for the ones with roots already sprouting out the side. The chunkier, ~bluish, short-spined specimen (3rd & 4th pics) that's already pupped once after cutting ought to be planted vertically for the moment.
Thanks for the responses. I cut these off of some of my other plants. I left most of my garden in the care of a good friend back home because I moved to a place with very harsh winters and wanted to get one winter under my belt. I will go back and get the rest of my plants sometime soon and keep growing. I just brought what I cut off with the intention of making a tea in our new home. All of these are really soft. I'm not sure if they will end up bouncing back if I tried planting them.
