When should Christmas cactus be pruned?
Trim your Christmas cactus to create a fuller, bushier plant about a month after blooming, but never prune a Christmas cactus after late spring. To prune the plant, just pinch off one or more of the sections. Replant them in a separate pots if you want to create new plants.
Do I deadhead Christmas cactus?
Keep your cacti looking its best during and after the Christmas season by deadheading all the spent blooms. This also encourages the plant to continue blooming. Once Christmas is over you can continue to enjoy your cacti until it finally stops producing flowers. But don’t get rid of it once it does!
Where do you cut Christmas cactus?
Christmas cactus propagation usually begins by simply taking a short, Y-shaped cutting from the stem tip. The cutting should consist of at least two or three joined segments. When doing Christmas cactus propagating, always be sure that cuttings are taken from healthy foliage.
How do you trim a Christmas cactus without killing it?
Always prune your Christmas Cactus at the gap between the leaf segments. This should be easy because these are the weakest part of the plant. Some people prefer to twist at the segment to remove foliage instead of using a knife, but this approach seems to work best on newer growth.
What is the lifespan of a Christmas cactus?
The Christmas cactus is everywhere during the holiday season, with good reason. It’s a blooming succulent that is easy to care for, has gorgeous blooms, and when properly tended can live up to 100 years! That’s right!
Why is my Christmas cactus Woody?
Woody Christmas Cactus Stems Christmas cactus plants generally grow large with age. As the plant gets older and bigger, the base of the stems get woody. There is no need to think about fixing a Christmas cactus with woody stems. This is a perfectly natural condition and woody Christmas stems indicate a healthy plant.
What do you do with Christmas cactus after flowering?
After flowering, move to a cool room (around 12°C) for two months, and reduce watering. Then bring it back into its usual spot (you can put it outside, on a patio or balcony, in summer). From mid-September, give your plant another period of rest in a cool room and reduce watering again, until you see buds appear.
How do you get a Christmas cactus to rebloom?
Unlike many other succulents, Christmas cactus can bloom again in spring if given the short days condition. Placing Christmas cactus into the east-facing window that receives abundant amounts of sunlight during the day and 12 hours of darkness each night can encourage the plant to flower again.
What is a node on a Christmas cactus?
This holiday favorite is easy to start from cuttings. Simply remove a piece of stem at the pinched area, technically known as the node.
Do Christmas cactus like to be root bound?
ANSWER: Christmas cactus grows well with crowded roots, so your friend isn’t totally wrong. Christmas cactus can do ok when it has become rootbound, but you should still repot your holiday cacti every four years, increasing the size of the pot by two inches each time you repot.
How do you rejuvenate a Christmas cactus?
Even if the soil is not soggy, repotting may be the solution to reviving a limp Christmas cactus. While the plant likes to be tight in the pot, moving it to a slightly larger container with fresh soil every few years helps avoid Christmas cactus problems.