Thanksgiving Cactus Not Blooming, You Got A Plant As A Holiday Gift Now What Vermont Public Radio

If you have your plant in an area where you have lamps or any other lights on at night this will deter your plant from blooming.

Thanksgiving activity grade 5. And if you can do the same in your home you can encourage your thanksgiving cactus to bloom for christmas. Christmas cactuses need to experience a drop in temperature to tell the plant that its time to start blooming. Remove dead flowers as soon as possible to help the plant continue to bloom.

Reduce your watering slightly and do not soak the soil only moisten the top few inches. If your plant is placed in a south facing window in the warmest spot in your house try moving it to a north facing window or near a door. The first is uninterrupted darkness at night.

If you dont live near a nursery or want to buy a christmas cactus or thanksgiving cactus when they are not in season there are a number of plant growers that sell them online on amazon and etsy. There are actually 2 other variations of cactus that look very similar to a christmas cactus and these are the thanksgiving cactus and the easter cactus. The warmer the room the more darkness the plant needs.

When stems become soft and shriveled its essentially because they are thirsty. The christmas cactus schlumbergera bridgesii christmas cactus plants are very similar to thanksgiving cactus. In fact they are often mistaken for them but there are differences that appear mainly with the stems leaves and the blooming period.

It will take a few years for the thanksgiving cactus to bloom. The only real problem with the plant is its need to be fooled in order to bloom again the next year. Limp shriveled segments show that this christmas cactus is in serious trouble.

Well an answer could be that it is not actually a christmas cactus. Here are some things you might try in order to get your thanksgiving plant to bloom. Keep the plant in total darkness for up to 12 hours a day starting about 6 8 weeks before you want it to bloom.

Not enough moisture is reaching them. Room may be too warm so lower the temperature to 60 65 during the day and 55 65 degrees at night. Around the holidays christmas cactus thanksgiving cactus and easter cactus plants are commonly sold in most nurseries and garden centers.

There are two main tricks to get your christmas cactus or thanksgiving cactus to rebloom in december or november or so as the names imply. Although a thanksgiving cactus needs fertilizer when actively developing leaves once the buds appear do not feed the plant. Whatever type of plant it is the thanksgiving holiday cactus is a proven winner with blooms that last for 2 to 4 months and an easy going nature.

And you are still asking yourself why is my christmas cactus not blooming.