Thanksgiving Cactus Rooting, Easy How To Root Christmas Cactus Plant Flower Patch Farmhouse

If you have a healthy christmas cactus and want to grow another you can easily propagate your plant by clipping off a small cutting and allowing it to take root in a pot with a rooting medium or in a small jar with stones and water.

Thanksgiving day greeting cards. It was labeled as a cc when i bought it and thats how its commonly sold in the trade. The christmas cactus that you seeing me propagating here and in the video is actually a thanksgiving or crab cactus. The flowers of the christmas cactus and the thanksgiving cactus both open somewhat similar to the flowers on a fuchsia plant.

Nowadays you may see them labeled as holiday cactus. Repot the christmas cactus. Christmas cactuses are beautiful houseplants that are popular for the bright flowers they bloom during the holiday season.

Rather it is an epiphyte those plants which live on other plants. They are much fussier than the thanksgiving cactus. The christmas cactus may need to become root bound after being re potted and find its pace.

Christmas cactus which has smoother. In their natural habitat they have aerial roots which is an indication that the cuttings will root easily without added hormones. Before we get into how to root this plant lets get specific.

Whatever had it suffering took its toll. Cacti can be propagated any time of the year but cactus cuttings root fastest around the summer months to early autumn. When we talk about rooting a cactus what were actually talking about is propagation.

Schlumbergera truncata is the thanksgiving cactus. After all if you want to be a respectable horticulturist you should know the technical terms. Next find a small pot and put your clipping in cactus soil.

A thanksgiving cactus is an epiphytic plant that grows on trees in brazils coastal mountains. Thanksgiving cacti like to be a bit root bound so its important not to plant it in a giant pot. My true christmas cactus bloomed for me for the very first time this year while my thanksgiving cactus bloom every year.

Cacti just like succulents are among the some of the easiest plants to root and propagate even for beginners which adds to their appeal. Their flowers outer leaves curl back towards the stem giving the flower an interesting tubular shape. The differences between thanksgiving cactus christmas cactus and easter cactus even though holiday cactus plants tend to look similar look more closely at the leaves.

It is called a leaf cactus but is not a true cactus. The flowers of the easter cactus are a bit different. You can propagate a variety of different plants through this process.

How to root cactus cuttings. The leaves are broad and flat with slight serrations on the edges in the thanksgiving vs. Regular potting soil will do but cactus soil is a lot better and its not that hard to find.

It may just need a bit of time.