What do you think I should do? There has been many twists and turns with this one but I’m looking forward to the next update. Just when I was ready to make the change, this happens! I have grown many tropical plants in water long term (hydroponically) from monsteras to orchids but surprisingly I have never tried with a cactus. Some reasons I’ve grown plants in water: -uses less water than traditional soil -less pests compared to growing in soil -Less chance of rot to your plants I of course will continue to update along the way and If you found this helpful, consider following along for more plant care and plant projects. Leave any questions down below!

Per her in the soil babes !! She’s done so much already I think she deserves a fair chance !

Desperation flowers are usually a very bad sign. I would try to save her, but it may be too late.

For some plants, if they think they’re going to die, they start rapidly flowering and producing seeds to hope they can at least have a legacy.

I think its time to transition in soil. I'd hate to see it die 🥺

I'm cry laughing with the audio "I am under dee watur. Please help meh." 😂😂😂

"Hey Krystal, I think I'm dying...so I got pregnant instead...take care of my babies." This is very Charlotte's Web.

Put her in soil PLEASE 💚

The water is the reason for her behaviour. Last bit of strength as you said if I don't make it my babies will.

I just heard about the death bloom in the succulent family. No roots but blooming 🫥

I vote to save the beef with soil!

Give her a chance to see her babies grow!

Sad to see it lose all its roots, although great to see its survival instincts of pushing out seed pods. Overall great experiment. Let’s save it - back to the soil. ❤

Please give her an appropriate home. She deserves it!. ❤

I want to see how you collect the Pods O’ Beefs and work with them to create a new Beef Army.

When i worked at a farm they told that a lot of plants do "death blooms". If the plant is super stressed and thinks its dying or the emvironment isnt going to let them do a full life cycle, sometimes they put all their eneergy into flowers and seeds so they can spread their seeds before they die. Idk anything about a cactus but, it might be that

I always find her voice so soothing (it’s like coffee and a jay) and her enjoyment in plants makes me love mine sooo much more too ❤

the way you said “more baby beefs” 🥹

Some plants when they are dying toss out everything that they have to reproduce just ONE last time. My family calls this, "the plants, last hurrah". If you got this cactus & she was already flowering, she could have been there on her own. You took her in, gave her new stuff & she dropped her roots to grow new ones in the water, right? So, if she had flowered pre-water growth, this could just be the continuation of _that_ original reproductive spurt? She grew al, new roots & appears to be doing fine _BUT,_ instinctively how does she feel to YOU? Do YOU think she's doing okay or that she's struggling? This one absolutely _is_ a, "go with your gut" type situation. You know this plant best, bestie! ❤❤❤

When I was a kid my cousins in México taught me you could eat them once they are bright pink... none were safe😅

Beef is a mama! ❤ Awwwww 😊

Time to return to mother earth 💜

I think the water needs a miracle to work. save the baby w some soil she needs some errf❤

She legit said ‘IM DROWNING PLEASE TAKE MY BABIES!’

i use to eat those fruits when i was a kid back in venezuelan they are yummy! 😋

I’ve been watching you for awhile and I just want to say… you’re the most beautiful human ❤

Yiu got a beautification!

I love the way you say "baby beefs"

Love this and while You’re always pretty you look gaaaawgeous here. Thankyou for the plant knowledge and entertainment. 😂

"I am under the water. Please help me"... not me watching that part over and over, I died lol

Your eyes🔥🔥

In mexico those seed pods are edible once they turn red. Kids go look for them to snack on. 😋

That's so kind 😂😂😂😂 Yes it is

The smile looks fantastic. I was able to save a succulent because of you. Thank you

(Also, your lashes look amazing!)

I started many many cactus by seeds years ago, and the result was quite incredible! 🎉

omg u look so stunningggggg

Your lashes look amazing!!

Given how mature the seed pods are, the cactus can probably go in an arid soil, drop the seed pods, and start growing roots again. Layer stones with cactus soil so it can reach down with its roots to access more water at the bottom. That’s what they do in the wild. Wild cactus roots are HUGE and shoot out in all directions in search of water.

you are best youtuber ❤❤😊 I,m love plants🎉🎉🎉

I've grown cactus in just water, I'd say is really important to ensure the roots have literally 0 soil or anytime or debris, then sanitizing the roots also at the beginning making constant water changes it works

Cute 🌵

I’m a new plant enthusiast with little experience propagating or keeping plants happy. So, it’s always inspiring to see your excitement about your collection; it makes me excited about my own and helps me stay positive and motivated even when things don’t go as planned ❤

She’s a fighter ❤ let her live the rest of her life in soil ❤ if you can , pretty please 🙏🥹 I’m super excited for the future babies 🌵

Your personality it top tier

Wowww that beef is a fighter!!!!!!!!! ❤

I think for a cactus you would need to only cover about half of the length of the roots to keep them from rotting.

I've been absolutely waiting for this update!

I vote soil. good luck and keep us updated !

I'll never let go Jack!🤣🤣🤣

Soil! She’s probably dying and is putting her last energy into producing seeds

Cactus can grow like that? Nice. I thought they didn't like water 😁 looks cool in that glass set up 👍

Cactus can be grown in water. It needs to be changed frequently. You can even do soil and then down to water. Like in a 2 liter upside down. With the nozzle end a couple inches above another container with water. Youll have dirt roots then it transitions to water roots.

I recently bought my first plant light, for my cactus💕 I think she’s going better now! Had her for two years but she’s not really growing much🙈

I think the water is causing it to flower because it thinks it's the rare rain. So it's making flowers/seeds to help propagate when the weather is back to optimal. Didn't know how long it can last in that mode. Kind of similar for citrus. You let the leaves wilt a little and then water plenty after and it will flower and grow fruit if you pollinate. But if you keep watering the flowers stop. So you have to cycle making it flower and watering it because it won't flower if you water it too often and it won't grow the fruit well if you don't water.

The Beef needs to a water baby!!! Dont let her quit ❤❤

Awe, I hope they have viable seed. My indoor cacti sometimes slip by and have flowers, and I don’t get them outside to our bees fast enough. Sometimes they even grow pods, but there’s nothing more than the goop inside. If they’re outside, I always get chonky ones with loads of seeds. My torch cacti seem to be reproducing like rats. I will eventually have an army of cacti to surround my entire property. 😂

I cannot believe these are seed pods. I thought they were like messed up flowers the whole time!!!! I can’t believe our mother cactus was giving birth!

That’s sooo cool!!!

Soil for sure! She's a trooper

So Cool 😎

You look good with makeup

@PlantswithKrystal in mexico, we called them biznagas or chilitos de biznagas (mammillaria cactus fruit). I grew up eating them! They are super tart and sweet when ripe!

Yes I’ve been waiting for an update!!!

Cacti don’t usually have roots instead they grow temporary root systems when it rains because in the desert having roots is a huge waste of energy and water, instead of a permanent root system they have shorter little gripper type things on the bottom of them to keep them in place

You're just gorgeous inside and out 😍

Who else wanna go over and go to this museum of plants ????? 😅 ❤❤❤❤❤

I would put it in soil if she’s stressed. You’re so sweet btw ❤

I love Catus babies

"Do i transition her in soil or wait her out in water" Cactus: *I have no mouth and I must scream*

WOW. This is amazing. Or like you said, SO COOL ❤

I really really need to see a video on how to save your rootbound plant when you don't have a hand shovel or hatchet or anything like that

You are looking radiant. Is love in the air?

I accidentally stressed TF out of my aloe plant and she made tons of little babies for me because she thought she was dying. I managed to save her and most of her babies. I adore her. I got her from my boyfriend's grandma and I want it to live forever

I think they're not supposed to be soaked on water for too long or else it's going to rot. Please look if there's browning of sogginess underneath the plant, cut it and air-dry it for a few days then plant it.

The way the camera shook when the cactus bonked the floor. 😂

These seed pods you’re talking about are fruit and can eat them. They’re very sweet just let the ripe to a pink/red color. They end up looking like a little chile 🌶️

Mine did that. I had no idea. I thought it was just pretty little flowers.

I think she’s done wherever you move her. It’s a miracle it lasted so long.

I grew a cactus indoors. I watered it a lot and it grew really tall. Then one day just flopped over and never recovered.

Soil definitely! Save the cactus AND the seed pods

Soil, respect momma and give her the best chance. Also, have you tried mist instead of water. Meaning it mist every 2 or 3 days instead of always in water?

When plants die they sometimes flower as the last resort to reproduce.

If it stays In the water it will die very quickly if you slowly transition it into soil then it would be much healthier and so the seed pods will be too; This can also allow the cactus to regrow a flower and or more seed pods

In my country I know this as Survival Flowers, she is about to die, so she is rapidly growing flowers so she can give seeds. Death Blooms are a natural part of many species' life cycles, but in drastic situations, they rush this process so parts of it can grow and move on

I tried the water trick for a few weeks or more and all the roots did the same. It wouldn't develope new ones so I put her back in some soil to stop the stress

Soil soil soil she needs nutrients unless your adding something to the water, besides she has earned a little dirt😊

I have two small succulents in pink and they are getting bigger This video of you putting your cactus in water actually gave me the idea to try as I want cacti and succulents in the house, but I don’t want soil 😅

They graft the moon flower on dragon fruit too if you are ever looking to grow dragon fruit>>>Just do like you did and exocute the flower>>>>

That was a final hurrah 😂

"if I don't make it... My babies will..." a tear on my face appeared. 🥺

I wonder if the seed pods would've produced from the flowers even without the stress, and water!? It looks to me like it would've produced them as it was. I'd love to see another cactus just like this one, with the flowers, taken care of normally, to see if they also produced!? **I'd plant Momma in soil ASAP!! But... Would you need to callous her first?? Since it seems all the roots have disappeared. Or are there enough for it to transition??

Omg omg😍😍 I used to eat those “chilitos” in Mexico🤯😮 I haven’t seen them in over 20 years 🤯🤯

Congratulations mama

Please keep us updated

Bro I have a cactus and for a while it wasn't growing much. I was watering it every week or every two week and it got a bit of rainwater but not much. Recently I started watering it every other day and IT WENT CRAZY. It has 6? 7? New buds and it is HUGE. One of the buds fell off, and I casually put it in with a different plant pot and it is also growing HUGE. Cacti may not want a lot of water but it sure does love it when you give it some.

Holy crap I would be scared of that cactus too

I had this exact same Cactus and its roots rotted away in the soil, for what ever reason. Yet that frigging plant just kept on living, litterally sitting ontop of the soil with out roots for like a year until the first signs of withering.

I would take all the old roots off, dry her out for a day or two, then place her above water again, with a half inch or so of space - I bet once she's thirsty, she'll send out new roots towards the water

🤔🤔 maybe put some hydroponics fertilizer into the water. That may help the root growth. Or put it into some cactus soil that has at least 1/4 sand in it.