Thanksgiving Cactus New Growth, How To Propagate Christmas Cactus By Stem Cuttings

There is no need to prune them.

Thanksgiving turkey craft free template. And self propagation if this plant was in the natural habitat all these branches that have dropped would form new plants. Both christmas and thanksgiving cacti are in the genus schlumbergera and are native to the tropical forests of brazil. You can resume fertilizing with your 10 10 10 fertilizer in april.

If the color of the pollen is yellow you more than likely have a thanksgiving cactus and if its pink youve got a christmas cactus. Its been about two or q. Thanksgiving cactus both christmas and thanksgiving cactus are called short day plants phototropic plants meaning the shorter the days fewer hours of light and the cooler the night temperatures the more flowers they.

Both thanksgiving and christmas cactus are easy care plants that can bloom for many weeks. It sits in the same spot year round. Thanksgiving cactus my plant is blooming now.

Thanksgiving cactus my thanksgiving cactus is 8 high and 12 wide and starting to bloom. Is it okay to water plant while it is blooming. This is purely optional.

Dont get too anxious to see flowers though on your newly rooted cutting as it may take a couple years for the plant to mature sufficiently. Dont prune until new growth appears in march or april. These few simple steps will ensure that your christmas and thanksgiving cactus will bloom every christmas or thanksgiving for years to come.

Is this natures way of self pruning. It came from three small clippings many years ago. Many new varieties when figuring out which one of these cacti you have growing in your house consider the age of your plant for some hints.

You should see new growth in three to four weeks. Truncata has longer more pointed leaf segments than christmas cactus and of course it tends to bloom around thanksgiving rather than christmas. They are attractive plants commonly sold and given as gifts around the holidays but are also easy to propagate from stem cuttings.

The thanksgiving holiday cactus is an easy to grow interior plant. I give it miracle grow once a month and it blooms 4 5 times from before thanksgiving until maybe easter. It is a thermo photoperiodic plant the amount of light and darkness determines if and when it flowers.

It had lost close to 50 of its growth. Keep the mix slightly moist until new growth appears and that can take several months. Well my christmas cactus appears to have thanksgiving leaves but the flowers are a pinkish red and the anthers are pink.

Ive had it for about a year q. Most of that had fallen off close to the base. One of the reasons i suggest combining taking cuttings together with any other rescue method for a declining seasonal cactus is that sometimes very old specimens dont respond well to repotting even when youre doing it to save their life.

There are several things that play a key role in helping a thanksgiving cactus to bloom at the right time.