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.
But over the following weeks, the limp segments begin to firm up again. Color slowly returns. New growth appears at the edges, tentative at first, then stronger.
It turns out the plant wasn’t dying. It was constrained.
And that’s the lesson that lingers longer than the rescue itself. Some problems don’t show up
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