More Surgeries

Seeing how well the ex-dead seedling is doing after a "surgery", I decided to repeat the procedure  on two declining seedlings. One was selected because of the purple troubles and another one because it was withering away for an unknown reason.

First I extracted #74 from its container, to find an extremely thin medium part of the root. It was much shorter than the previous experiment. The chances of survival are very low, really low even compared to the last time.

Second was #24 with purple. It was well developed before the purple menace hit it and remains otherwise sturdy. It's a much closer match to the first case, so the hopes are reasonably high for this one.

The root of the #24 was a bit shorter than the #15, but what it lacked in length it more than compensated in branches:

Like previous time, I washed it with plenty of water, then poured cactus mix soil on top and re-sealed the container with ductape. This seedling looked remarkably healthy from root standpoint.

Update on other plants. It's a mix of good and bad news.

#38

#39

#15

#44

Dead: 103