圣诞仙人掌
圣诞仙人掌
一个比较流行的开花植物在假期前后是仙人bridgesii称为圣诞仙人掌 。 它提供了丰富的管状花朵，盛开的2到4周左右圣诞节。
来自巴西，这仙人掌生活在丛林中的树木和不同于沙漠中的仙人掌 ，这是落后型，并且不需要阳光直射。 有时可分不清哪些类型的仙人你。 圣诞仙人掌已夷为平地叶扇贝边利润率是顺利和骨气与肾小管3英寸的花朵，而不是感恩仙人掌 （兰截断） （南截）蟹，仙人掌已急剧齿边有两个大的牙齿结束时的一次联席会议上每个分支。 短管花蔓延指出花瓣。 为了增加这种混乱也有复活节仙人掌 （ Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri ）更加直立生长，具有纤维毛在关节和产生不同的花卉。 这是比较困难的一个增长。 所有盛开接近各自的假期在正常生长条件。
圣诞仙人掌保健
不仅是这些仙人掌如此受欢迎，因为它们壮观的开花习性，而且还因为它们比较容易照顾。 他们需要丰富，排水良好的土壤，明亮的间接光，白天温度为70摄氏度，夜间温度为60-65 。 饲料用平衡室内化肥4月和10月之间。 圣诞仙人掌不耐旱。 水植物彻底，让他们干之间浇水。 不要忽视它，或杀死它与厚爱。 树叶将皱纹如果土壤过于干燥，在浇水时可导致根腐病。 水少的冬天。 修剪的植物在夏天，鼓励更多的分支的挤压，在关节。
当植物的开花植物保持温和湿润（不能太湿） 。 如果叶片获得跛行和松弛您可能overwatering工厂。 把工厂的强光和高温（ 60 - 70F ） 。 太多光褪色的花朵。 不要使他们直接热，冷草案或移动工厂周围因为这可能会导致花芽下降。 施肥掉以轻心高钾肥时，芽的形式和继续下去，直到花褪色。 当植物开花不完成6周水让它休息。 早春，当新的增长开始出现恢复喂养和浇水。
Reblooming
少的努力和理解，人们可以重复开花进程年复一年。 有两个重要因素，鼓励芽形成1 。 漫长的夜晚-圣诞仙人掌至少需要14个小时黑暗的5-6周。 2 。 长期低温的50-55度的6个星期。 如果保持在55F ，一些圣诞仙人掌将布卢姆不论日照。 芽形成不会发生，如果温度高于70摄氏度。 让植物在干一边，直到你看到芽形式，然后恢复正常浇水和轻喂养。
让您的圣诞仙人掌一点爱与关怀，将蓬勃发展多年。 有人这样做，他们也已经知道，在家庭中流传下来的后代。
干扦插可扎根，并开始为新的工厂。
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从插条生根
需要咨询如何开始新的地雷。
你怎么根圣诞仙人掌？
从健康植株，采取干切削的2点58分加入部分 。
让他们干出了几个小时，一天和植物中3 “盆栽土壤中混合50泥炭和50沙子或70 ％的珍珠岩和30 ％的泥炭。 发生在一个塑料袋，保持湿润（不湿）在温暖的阴影位置。 在4-6 周你应该有新的根源和存在的迹象，应该是新拍摄的增长。 您也可以尝试水生根1剪报。 一旦开发植物根系在土壤以及排水盆栽组合。 插条生根最好采取春季和夏季。
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才能确定采取扦插现在（ 9月）由我的圣诞catcus ，开始新的工厂，或将它干扰开花进程？
娄垃柠（ mrlou3@ptd.net / ）
我爱的信息共享在这个网站，发现它回答我的问题。 但是我有一个问题。 我打算开始新工厂从我的仙人掌，从阅读您的答复我收集的最佳时间做到这一点是早春。 我捏了两节和植物他们的组合盆栽土壤所述。 我的问题是， 如何深入应的“切割”种植的组合？
我有一个圣诞仙人掌已变得像木头的原因 。 这怎么能解决吗？ 是我那可怜的种植gonner ？ 说明我真的很喜欢我的工厂
我的圣诞仙人掌已经皱巴巴的树叶 。如何知道自己是否太干或以上浇水？ ？ ？
我的圣诞仙人掌 ，从我的祖母，已被壮观。 4英尺茎与数以百计的樱花每年两次激烈的申奥竞争。 但现在之所以死于以惊人的速度和几茎长于一十八英寸我不知道什么是错的。 他们开始变黄绿色和紫色，然后死去。 帮助！
我可以延迟开花的仙人掌 ，把它放在一个黑暗的壁橱里。 芽已形成。 我太迟？
芽及叶降降
帮助！ 我的圣诞仙人掌充满了芽，现在它在移动后的部分退出。 ＃ -4联合部分用干净的休息，在接头。 这难道还不足以从轻？
您好，我有一个圣诞仙人掌已形成水果，我已经受够了10年，这是我第一次看到了这一点。 该工厂是从一个朋友剪报这是流传她几代。 是水果食用？
我的新主人一个古老的圣诞仙人掌，不会开花;感谢你我有足够的信息以开始使用。 祝我好运。
我们保持我们的圣诞仙人掌内直接光没有太阳和它正在nothing.Got劝阻并把它外面-现在得到的间接光，我们的温度低30日的晚上和50 - 6 -的在天，及它是突然开花像疯了似的。 它在12月开始开花，目前仍在盛开。 有什么不同的是我应该做的还是离开的地方是。 请注意，我们的夏天去了100度-是它仍然可以离开的地方是什么？
可以圣诞仙人掌种植在自我浇水盆栽。 我刚刚买了一个在几个星期大胡。 叶子正在寻找一些枯萎的自我浇水锅？
我的圣诞Catcus已开花以来每年我有，但它并不期待健康的，因为已经把红叶子。是否有某种方式来纠正这种或应该我只是不担心？
水肿 （ 水肿 ）
我的圣诞仙人掌是heathy寻找，仍然开花。 我已经获得这些紫色水泡/颠簸最近的叶子，然后他们赤霉病的时候，他们的年龄。 这是什么？ 的漏洞，我希望不是...帮助！
余救出一个圣诞仙人掌约4年前。 我不知道如何照顾它，我仍然有问题的。 我有我的一套房子气温约65F整天。 该工厂是坐在间接阳光南侧的房子。 它被水淹只有当它的土壤非常干燥。 4-5个月前我的一个猫轰下架和下跌4-5英尺的发言。 2-3 segements中断密切的根源，现在这些景点是2月3日在新的经济增长开始。 我真的很高兴，但我对这个刚刚似乎无法获得该植物开花无论我做什么。 我也受到它壁橱生活周并让它干出来。 我该怎么办？
我如何移植圣诞猫
当是最好的时间来重新锅圣诞仙人掌 。 矿山，我认为，越来越
有点太大的锅。 我住在沙漠中，它热爱它的位置和间接光开花像疯了几个月。
您好-谢天谢地有人似乎是一个圣诞仙人掌专家。 我也有一个情感的价值。 这是10岁-一直repotted几次多年来。 一直在室内。 今年夏天，我把外面下的门廊保护伞。 经过一个月或两个月，我发现的目的非常平整，开始转变为紫色。 余repotted -带回室内给它的位置，并经常修剪了一些紫色的括号内。 现在更多的是紫色/绿色，它似乎没有落实。 告诉我，我要和我就是这样做是错误的。
多久圣诞仙人掌应保持在黑暗中，以帮助它开花？ 我已经在一个完全黑暗的壁橱那里凉爽。 其已在壁橱约一个半月。 我不会把它出柜了。
我有一个圣诞仙人掌 ，我分成一些干成其他花盆，使更多的植物。 它们似乎都将消失。 而不是越来越多了。 他们自己种植的仙人掌土壤。 我只水themwhen他们感到干燥。 可能是什么问题，为什么thery're看起来thery're没有增长？
这些植物的安全，如果宠物或小孩吃？
我的圣诞仙人掌完全芽...多久这些芽采取开放的爆裂盛开？ 好像我看到这些诱人的色彩高峰为2个星期...我渴望为盛开！
谢谢，张爱玲
我的圣诞仙人掌是由我的母亲给我的结婚礼物超过28年前。 它已经开发出了白色物质在每个联合和看上去很不高兴。 我可以将它保存？ 它也蔓延到其他仙人掌。
昆虫问题
我有一个非常庞大岁（ 10年？ ）圣诞仙人掌已经有一些东西吃缓几个选择离开。 我已经试过了一些杀虫剂没有成功。 现在已经有白色苍蝇我不能摆脱。 这似乎是松树叶和没有盛开今年。 余补种定期是必要的。 帮助！ 我喜欢这种植物
我想如果能够拯救我们的2圣诞仙人掌在夏季（ 5月中旬
中旬到11月） ，没有一个在这里。 我们生活在一个公寓的lania面临硒博尼塔斯普林斯佛罗里达州在冬季。
我的概念是建立一个自动洒水系统，使他们面临的lania
太阳但有遮荫的温和派数额直接的太阳。 他们本来有
无人看管。 气温可能会达到低90年代在白天和
湿度将是很高的。
如果可行的话，多少水，他们往往需要以及如何？ 感谢您的帮助
您可以提供。 李
寒害
数天前，我的圣诞仙人掌剩下的走廊和暴露于时代的低30岁。 通常是50-60度之间kepy 。 过去几天，小叶子和一些新的增长已经开始枯萎。 一些树叶期待确定。 是否有机会，其余的工厂，或将萎蔫传播的？ 有什么我能做的部分仍然会出现健康？
辛西娅克拉克
我的仙人掌在我的前廊，我访问了一个生病的朋友在医院里我曾告诉我丈夫，使之内，因为那里将是一个冷却单元。 当我回到家是21度，他已忘记了我的仙人掌，它现在得到了真正的下垂并期待深绿冻结我猜想它有什么我能做的将其保存。 这是盛开。
我们有一个复活节仙人掌已制定了一项谭涂层底部的每个分支。 它不看木质，它不像照片我们看到的水肿。 我们还没有看到任何错误的。 （它已经失去了一些分行最近，但我们改变了我们的时间表，并浇水似乎帮助至于分行脱落。 ）什么可这谭基地附近的呢？ 有什么，我们需要做些什么？
我收到了我的丈夫是大祖母的圣诞仙人掌。 他的母亲告诉我，她一直未能得到它盛开在过去的几年。 一切，因为我收到了我的一部分，仙人掌我无法得到增长。 起初，她是在一个巨大的盆景盆栽，我被告知repot到一个较小的锅。 我没有，我还是不能让植物生长。 它现在有一个木质期待蒸汽区。 我已阅读，您应该有沙子或苔藓混合物中。 我从来没有这样做。 我有这个工厂几乎2年。 我afarid说，这将是后期的。 我还可以将它保存？ 我能做些什么才能正常的生长和开花？ ！
我有一个旧的（ 20 +岁） 圣诞仙人掌 。 这是大的， 3英尺的直径，并木质茎，是非常充分。 据快乐，成长，开花良好。 我通常把它外面的雨曾经在今年夏天这样的叶子可以清除灰尘和污垢。 我把它放在今年夏天，大约2周后，叶片开始脱落的巨大部分。 它没有repotted在10年，所以我repotted在recommened土壤到更大的锅。 这是非常根本的约束。 看来幸福在新的熔炉，但它仍然失去叶子。 叶子呈现出绿色和健康。 我恐怕最终将在Woody没有绿色的茎和叶。 难道这仅仅是我的压力或仙人掌只是老和死亡？
我有一个白色圣诞仙人掌 ，这是浅绿色/黄色的颜色。 该工厂似乎是健康的和强有力的。 我想知道如果是在直接阳光太长了漂白？ 我该如何纠正这种情况。 我已经把它在我的公寓（以及阴影天井） ，似乎不那么轻。 它开花和一切。
很好奇你如何授粉圣诞仙人掌花，这样你就可以生产的种子 。
花的颜色变化
余继承我母亲的法律圣诞仙人掌工厂3年前。 当时一块脱落大约两年前，我rerooted它，后来另一块掉下来，我rerooted之一。 原来的红色花朵和其他两个，一个有白色花朵和其他有粉红色的花朵。 他们都是从红色。 所有正在做美丽。 我的问题是，为什么其他两个盛开的白色和粉红色？
此致，布伦达索撒尔
休伊兰德斯（ hlandes@verizon.com / ）
我开始削减从黄河圣诞仙人掌。 它做得很好，现在正在盛开的粉红色。 何处去的黄河
I have light purplish-red growth on my Christmas Cactus. I have repotted it and checked the roots for root rot - Everything checked out ok. The plant seems healthy and bloomed like crazy this past season. I am wondering if it might be due to too much or lack of insufficient light.
some of The leaves on my Christmas Cactus have turned a almost white color and get very limp . It got buds but they did not bloom just fell off. Hope you can help me.
Thanks
I have my grandmother’s Christmas Catus. It is 50+ years old. I’ve had it for about 3 years - it has neither flowered or shown any growth. This Spring I put it outside for the first time - the leaves turned yellow and branches fell off. I believe that was from too much sun. I moved the plant into my screened in porch - repotted it and now it’s “stable” but not doing anything. What’s left is very woody branches about 6-8 inches long. It used to be huge. Is there anyway to save this plant - it means so much to me.
We can’t remember how many years ago we re-potted our huge 50+ yr old Christmas Cactus. It looks a little limp. It is already in a large pot and we would prefer not to go larger as it is already a challenge to move inside or out as the seasons change.
Do you have any pruning advice or advice that would help prevent the plant from getting root bound in it’s current size pot? Can you prune roots? Would you control the branch length by pruning them by say half their length?
Thanks for your advice!
Laura
It appears I have a unique issue with my Christmas cactus. It has roots growing from each “joint” between sections all the way up the leaf branches. There are no distinguished “stems”. The leaves have become even more purple than they were. I just purchased the plant this year so it’s young, I potted it with potting soil, however the pot may have been too small. I put mulch in the bottom for drainage. I just re-potted now. The soil was very loose and damp, not soggy. There didn’t seem to be any roots to this plant under the soil. They didn’t appear to be overcrowded at all. Very odd, it’s almost as if I planted this plant upside down!
I have a Christmas Cactus that I transplanted to larger pot in May outside; live in Southern Cal. It is now blooming in July. Why? I thought they bloomed in December.
Yes, I have a question. On one of the stems of my Christmas cactus the leaves have turned yellow -
What can I do?
My Christmas cactus has done great up until now. It has bloomed every year and seemed to be happy until a month or so ago. All the leaves have wilted to a sickly green and the veins have popped out. I have watered it at intervals and the base of the stems aren’t mushy. I don’t know what to do…please help!
Propagating Christmas cactus cuttings
My moms Christmas cactus is dying… I transplanted to help but nothing has improved. Mom passed away in April and no one tended to the plants so thinking lack of sunshine and ?1st I burned it in the direct sun, and since it was too dry to quick fix.. I overwatered it in the non-draining pot. So I thought transplant and do it right but it might be too late I’m afraid. I’m thinking it got root rot. Is it possible to take a cutting although they don’t look to good and possibly save it? The pic above shows a Y cutting with 3 segments. I’m sorry for being so stupid about this; but I have to ask… am I cutting this into 3 separate cuttings on the one side and another cutting for the other side of the Y? My reasoning…. how would that cutting stand up for rooting in 1 1/2″ soil? I wanted to try water rooting; how much of the leaf is submersed in water? (to prevent rotting)
I managed to save the one plant that had the drainage hole and its recovering from the sunburn nicely. But I would really like to help the other as well..
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Thank You Anna
LAST YEAR I TOOK SEGEMENTS FOR STARTING NEW PLANTS. I TOOK GREAT CARE TO LABEL THE SEGMENTS BY COLOR. THE ONES I LABELED AS PINK HAVE GROWN TO BEAUTIFUL PLANTS BUT THEIR COLOR IS LIPSTICK RED.
DO CHRISTMAS CACTUS CHANGE COLOR ?
Actually, I think I have a Thanksgiving Cactus as it is already blooming.
My question is: What do I do about the blooms? Do they fall off on their own or do I have to pinch them off when they are finished?
Also, my cactus seems to do quite well so far by being very dry? Should I water more to make sure it continues to thrive?
Thanks.
Hello,
My christmas cactus has some pink bumps, that seem like bud forming, they are where the flowers usually come from, I am so excited. But are these really floweer buds, they are about milimeter big, but hard, are these really flower buds?
Im Very glad to hear that! Here in Canada the day are getting shorter. The plant is gettin cooler due to the draft from the window. My room doen’t get vented or heated in the winter so everything is going to great. I will have to watch the watering though, some leafs are a bit floppy
I have had 2 cacti for years with no problems. They spend the summers on the front porch with a southern exposure - bright light and little sun. In order to get mine to bloom, I leave them outside until a freeze is predicted, then bring them into the cooler part of the house. By then they have flower buds forming. The longer they stay cool, the longer the bloom lasts. I don’t worry about extended hours of darkness. It seems that by leaving them outside as long as possible, and then bringing them inside, it creates a ‘hothouse-type’ environment which forces it to eventually bloom. Mine have never failed to bloom. I guess I’m pretty lucky with this after reading everyone else’s misfortunes. Mine are 10+ years old. I’ve taken numerous cuttings through the years for friends.
Hello, me again
Its been about over a week or so since I posted about the pink bumps on my cactus. They haven’t grown any bigger. I put the plant on a brighter location and spray it every morning, just the foliage.
Is it normal for it them to take long to start developing into large buds, or am i doing something wrong,or is it too late to fix them. Please answer my question, I don’t want to lose the buds
Hi, Kris! I have been following your site for awhile now and today just confused me. Not that you are wrong because I do not know anything about the “Zygos” but last year I was given what must be a Thanksgiving cactus because it is now budding and blooming all over. My quandary is that I did not do anything special with it. I do live up in the mountains and it never gets very hot so that was a plus. I have used regular house plant fertilizer but other wise just kinda left it alone. IIt has blossoms about 2/12″ long in a white (I was told it would be (cream) but I like the white much better I think. Tomorrow I was going to move it into the living room for the center piece at noon meal. I am afraid now that if I take it in there it will drop all its buds and blossoms. What is your advice in this unusual circumstance. It was a novelty to see this article today. You may have saved my little pretty.
TYIA and I will be looking forward for your reply.
Gayle
My mom has a Christmas cactus that is about 15 years old. I have read the other posts and cannot tell which problem (or which combination) affects my plant. I would appreciate any advice you could provide.
For the past three years, my mom’s plant was in a small pot that was about 3 inches wide and about 4 inches deep. This summer, it looked great. A few months later, it is not the same plant. Althought it is a pretty green, it is quite pitiful otherwise. The leaves/stems are wilting and soft. The leaves keep falling off at the joints or simply breaking off at the base of the plant. Thinking it was root bound, I reported it in a much bigger pot. Instead of improving, it has continuously gotten worse. The base of the plant had started getting a little woodsy but now it looks like it is turning into dead wood. We use to be able to stick the pieces that broke off back in the dirt and they would grow roots, becoming new plants. Now they simply die off. I repotted in Scott’s Miracle Grow Moisture Control potting soil. The soil is not dry; nor is it too wet. How can I help my mom’s plant? (Lighting has not changed.)
Please help! My Christmas cactus has reddish/purplish margins around all the leaves and blotchy red/purple patches on the leaf surfaces. I think I overwatered it for a while last summer. One post made it sound like this is a virus and there is no hope to save the plant. Is that true? Is there any way to get the leaves green again? The plant is several years old and all but the first and second segment nearest the root have the red rims.
HI Debbie
It may not be a virus, but a nutrient deficiency(Phosphorous) or a combination of several problems. You don’t mention if you fertilized during the growing season. You may have some root rot from overwatering and the plant needs time to recover. I’m not sure your plant can be saved but what I would do is transplant it into fresh soil,(eventhough spring is a better time to transplant) water it and then let it go dormant by keeping it on the dry side, but not letting the soil dry out completely. In late winter,when it shows signs of new growth start watering again.
hi, i have a christmas cactus which is now 6yrs old, it`s been placed in direct sunlight and gets a cold draft and it blooms from late november through to february with anything from 4 to 5 full blooms, looks like someone forgot to tell my plant it shouldn`t like it
COLD DAMAGE
My christmas Cactus was doing great in low 30s temperature, but last night, I think it froze. The plant is still green, but droopy. Is there any hope that I can save it? I thawed it out and put it in a window.
Rachel ( afeigle@yahoo.com / )
Several days ago my Christmas Cactus got left on the porch and was exposed to temps in the low 30s . It is usually kepy between 50-60 degrees. Over the last several days, the smaller leaves and some of the newer growth has begun to wilt. Some of the leaves look ok. Is there a chance for the rest of the plant, or will the wilting spread? Is there anything I can do for the parts that still appear healty?
Cynthia Clark
I had my Christmas cactus on my front porch and I was away visiting a sick friend in the hospital I had told my husband to bring it inside because there was going to be a cool snap. When I got home it was 21 degrees and he had forgot my cactus, it now has got real droopy and looks dark green I suppose it froze is there anything I can do to save it. It was in full bloom.
I have a 3 year old plant. It now has buds but the leaves have places that i can only describe as looking like someone used their fingernail to scratch into the leave. It is not edema as it is not brown..just part of the top layer is gone. this is all over the plant. I do not see any signs of pests that are visible. Any idea what this could be?
HI Dandy
Is it possible that the plant was exposed to too much direct sun at some point?
Sandy ( fainc@ipa.net / )
In response to question on my 3 yr old plant…it has been on my dining table which gets light from a SE facing window. Has not had direct sunlight to receive a burn. Do not even put them out on the patio in the summer anymore as i had one totally eaten by something a few years back! Is there anyway to post a picture?
I have had a Christmas Cactus for awhile now in the same window and its been doing quite well,,, it had just started to bloom again, when it got a draft from the window and the leaves went very droopy, and soft…. in the middle there are a few pieces that still seem healthy. Is there anything I can do to save it?
Hi. My Christmas Cactus (over 10 years old) which had been thriving has suddenly started acting weird. The branches of the plant have fallen completely off . One is only holding on by a thread, but has still managed to produce a large bud while in this condition. The ends of these branches turned a brown which seemed to be spreading up from the bottom. We have tried loosening the soil, cleaning the pot, and tried propagating some of the plant (maybe we did it wrong, as they did not make it), but nothing has helped. Is my cactus doomed, or is there hope? I don’t want the poor thing to die!
I have my grandmother’s christmas cactus. I noticed tonight it has set on buds. I have it on the back porch. It gets into the 40s out there at night but not freezing. Will moving it cause it to drop the buds? She always had it blooming but this is the first time it has for me. I kind of neglected it and the cold treatment I didn’t even plan worked! I don’t want it to get too cold but don’t want to move it and have the buds fall off.
Hi again,
The stems are not soft, they are hard, with no sunken discolored bits… it is all just brown. I had reduced then stopped watering it in hopes it would help, (the soil is now dry). The segments are all wilty (And all of the branches are affected it seems) I don’t know if it would even be possible to propagate them…. If we removed all of the branches is it even possible it could re-grow just from roots? It might be time for a new cactus.
If I manage to find one, what is the first thing I should do for it?
I recently received a Christmas Cactus as a Christmas gift and want to be sure I am taking care of it properly. I live in Central Florida and need to know if this plant can be kept outside. Currently it is cool at night between 50-60s, 70-80s during the day. As spring and summer approach it will become much warmer. Will I do any harm to the plant if I keep it on the lanai and out of the direct sunlight?
I inherited a Christmas (Thanksgiving) Cactus from a coworker, and due to the placement of my office, it gets NO sun. At all. Just office lights. It bloomed fine last year and this year, but I don’t think it’s grown at all, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a new leaf on there. Some of the end sections have a red hue to them, as well, or red edges. How can I get this to grow bigger and lose that red, if it’sa problem?
My Christmas Cactus has flowered beautifully around Thanksgiving, and is now starting to bud and flower again. My problem is 1 of the larger budding stems broke off. I found on this site to let it dry a couple of hours, then repot. After a few hours I just placed it into the same pot about and 1-2″ and no water…My question is is there anything else I need to do? Also found your polination tip, and look forward trying it…thanks.
Question on Christmas Cactus : Saw you comment about “White Flies” but the insect on mine is tiny black flies - what can I do?
I need help. I have a Christmas cactus (or part of one) that has been passed from generation to generation.
The one I have has not grown or flowered since we got it about two years ago. In fact I think we are killing it…HELP!
We water it about once a week, and use Jobe fertilizer spikes for flower plants every time we water…What are we doing wrong.
I bought a Christmas cactus from the grocery store about six weeks ago. I placed it near a sunny window and left it in the store pot. It looked great for about three weeks… I watered it once in that period. The watered drained through the soil very fast and I poured off the excess that collected in the outer pot so it wouldn’t have wet feet. The top soil always seemed dry, but I didn’t want to overwater a cactus.
Then flowers started falling off, and it got kind of droopy, with soft stems and a little bit of wrinkling all over the stems. I have a 10-year-old jade plant that does that when it hasn’t been watered for a month or two, and after I water it, the stems perk back up. So I started watering the Christmas cactus lightly about every 10-14 days. I watered the it before going overseas for two weeks. It looked the same when I came back, so I watered it again lightly. Now it’s two weeks later and the cactus is looking worse and is very floppy and a little wrinkled. The top of the soil is always very dry and hard, and the pot feels light, within a day of being watered. It’s getting plenty of light and is at 61 degrees during the day, up to 72 in the afternoon, then down to 65 at night. (Automatic thermostat.)
Why is it drooping so much? Am I over or under watering it? I can’t tell, and I don’t want to kill it.
I bought a Christmas Cactus online and it arrived looking relatively healthy. I repotted it in Miracle Gro potting soil and have only watered it about once a week. I’m not sure, but I think it may have salt burn. I haven’t seen any information about what salt burn looks like, but the soil that the plant came in looked like it had way too much fertilizer in it. My plant is still green, but not growing very well and one of the stems has a small yellow abscess where the soil line was touching it. I have since removed most of the old soil and carefully wiped the stem with a wet papertowel then repotted it. Is this salt burn, and did I do the right thing?
I have a white Christmas cactus that has turned pink. Is there a way to get it to bloom white again?
I have my grandmother’s Christmas cactus which I assume to be 60 to 80 years old. It has been in the same NW facing window for over 8 years. It has not been repotted in at least 10 years. Stems are woody and about an inch thick. Growth is over three feet all the way around. It blooms twice every year, around Christmas and around Easter. New growth appears in late spring or early summer. Occasionally there are dead sections but they are localized.
In the colder months, the house is kept in the low to mid 60’s. I give it a pot of water every two weeks and a dropper full of fertilizer each time. Every once in a while I turn the plant.
Obviously, the plant seems to be doing consistently well. My question is, should I mess with a good thing? Should I cut back on the watering in the fall and winter? Should I not be fertilizing it every time I water, all year long? Should I repot it even though it is likely I will break some parts of the plant in the process?