It drowned but the tips are still good so you can make cuttings out of the good parts well above the rotted sections. Let the bases of the cuttings sit out in the air for a day or so before sticking them in the rooting medium. Don't bother with anything that might be starting to rot.

It would probably be better to be doing this during the spring or summer, but the rotting is forcing the issue.

For a plant that size I would wait at least a week before putting back in any kind of potting medium. It needs to be good and dry. The good part is growing new roots to replace rotten ones should be much quicker than rooting a cutting. You also should try and remove all of that old soil, it may continue to cause problems later on.

Do a little research on this forum for putting mixes, use keywords "gritty mix" in the search bar. Your soil is way to water retentive, especially for a plant that is at the whim of mother nature. Is it safe to assume that the pot in the picture is the new one? And that it is terra cotta, and has a drainage hole?

Thanks, Patrick. I checked it today and thought it needed more time to scab over before putting into soil. The new pot is terra cotta and has a hole in the bottom. I bought a bonsai soil mix out of Oregon and a cactus mix. Those were the only options in my area and went to the only to the only two stores that are open in winter. The sales people were of zero help, but I did research gritty mix beforehand and did the best I could. I think last time I repotted it I used a cactus mix, which I now know held too much moisture.

You can use that cactus & succulent mix, but those that go that route say to mix it 50/50 with perlite, if you can find it. The c&s mix just has too much peat. If you can't find perlite you could use aquarium gravel or a similar size grit/gravel in its place. Does the bonsai mix have a list of ingredients? It may work but I'm not familiar with what's in it.

One experienced grower on this forum recently posted a recommendation to mix cactus soil with perlite at a 1:1 ratio, so if you have access to perlite...

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Ha, Patrick, just saw your post! Great minds bla blah blah.

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I just put it in it's new pot. It has dried out completely where I cut it back. The soil I used the Wee Tree Farm bonsai/succulent mix, which according to the bag is screened lava, screened pumice, compost and bark. The ingredients were not too dissimilar from the cactus mix I also purchased, the only difference was this has lava instead of perlite. I guess we will see.

We'd love to see a picture!

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