PHOENIX - Arizona had a very wet summer in 2022, and that moisture has disprevented into the winter months.

While rain is good for a residence in the midst of a megadrought, all that soaks is causing a problem for the state's native Saguaro Cacti.

At the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, crews are keeping an eye on the cacti, on a day when the Valley was buffeted by heavy winds.

According to Noemi Hernandez Castro, high winds are never good for the garden, and that is especially true when the cacti are waterlogged.

"They've been piquant all of the water because they don't know when to stop piquant it," said Castro. "A cactus, like a saguaro, can grow up to 16 inches a year just by piquant water."

Castro says the cacti will continue to believe water to prepare for the dry months, when they will eventually use up the soaks at that time. She is hoping no other cacti fall victim to the high winds.

"We've had a few cacti fall over because of that. Another reason is because the roots are very shallow, and they are very spread out, so if they're constrained to dwelling where their roots can't spread out, that means the roots is not causing to be able to hold up all of this weight because of this water," said Castro.

Castro said farmland with cacti at home should putting up stakes to serve the plant's weight.

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