My cacti are now well growing (instead of growing well)

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Can you say please if I can put well in that position?

a. My cacti are now well growing (instead of growing well);
b. This fertilizer can very well help your cacti grow;
c. You have very well worked lately. Now, it's time you rested a bit.
 

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Sentences a and c are wrong.

Sentence b works but the meaning of "very well" will change. It'll apply to "help" rather than to "grow".
This fertilizer can help your cacti to grow very well = It can help your cacti to grow healthily.
This fertilizer can very well help your cacti to grow = It is very capable of helping your cacti to grow.
 
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Sentences a and c are wrong.

Sentence b works but the meaning of "very well" will change. It'll apply to "help" rather than to "grow".
This fertilizer can help your cacti to grow very well = It can help your cacti to grow healthily.
This fertilizer can very well help your cacti to grow = It is very capable of helping your cacti to grow.
1.Okay, but if I say, "These cacti are well growing," is it correct and means "These are well-growing cacti"?
2. Also, can I just say, "This fertilizer can well help your cacti grow"?
 

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"Well-growing" is not a normal or natural adjective. "Well" is an adverb here.

It is natural to say "these plants grow well." It is not natural to call them "well-growing plants."
 

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If you want to say that a plant grows well (i.e. is easy to grow, flourishes easily, readily increases in size or volume, etc.) you could say that it's a good grower, although that's a big vague.
 

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1.Okay, but if I say, "These cacti are well growing," is it correct and means "These are well-growing cacti"?
2. Also, can I just say, "This fertilizer can well help your cacti grow"?
1. "Easy-growing" or "fast-growing", yes, but not "well-growing".

2. This fertilizer is effective/suitable to help your cacti grow. This fertilizer promotes cacti growth.

Note the difference in meaning of the word well:

Well used after a verb is an adverb, e.g. He writes well.
Well
used before a verb is an adjective, meaning sensible/advisable, e.g. It would be well to start early.
 
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Well used before a verb is an adjective, meaning sensible/advisable, e.g. It would be well to start early.
However, bear in mind that no native speaker these days would utter that sentence.
 
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