tangled—circling the bottom in dense, exhausted loops with almost no space left to expand. The soil has broken down over time, becoming compact and lifeless, unable to hold enough air or moisture in the right balance. What looked like a watering issue was actually a space problem, a quiet suffocation happening underground.
The Christmas cactus didn’t need more water. It needed room.
Once you loosen the roots, trim the dead parts, and place it into fresh, airy soil with a slightly larger pot, something changes. Not immediately—plants don’t rush healing.
