My sweet Shaun has nurtured this poor cactus to death.

My sweet Shaun has nurtured this poor cactus to death. I didn't know he was watering it every morning.  😳 He showed it to me yesterday and I had to break it to him that it was rotted.

We chopped the green pieces off. They're disinfected and drying. I guess we'll see if we can propagate new plants from those.

He dug up the rest and threw it away.

All the other succulents we planted in the yard are doing well. Most of them have drip irrigation going to them. They're nice and fat for winter. We're gonna decrease the water to the plants slowly through this month and next to prepare them for the cold weather.

I think the main problem with this one is that it's a clumping type and he was watering from the top and water was getting into the crevices where it couldn't evaporate easily.

Poor plant. Sweet husband.