Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti General Discussion Part #3, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
bnluepoppy

Every time some sections of my CC have just fallen off--I have over watered the plant and the stem has rotted out.
Just this morning--a whole blooming section of one of my CC's in a 5" pot just fell out of the soil.
I can see, what I would call some kind of rot, at the bottom of this section.

What I will do is clean up the bottom of this section, re-cut it if needed, and re-plant it in clean Pro Mix.

I wouls also venture to guess that the woody stems on your CC (and others) does not put out too many
new growths. It's main job is holding up the rest of the plant....

Here is my oldest CC. I just took this picture. See the woody stems? That's normal on older CC's.
Gita