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christmas cactus blooms

updated thu 19 jul 07

penache22 on tue 17 jul 07

My 3 year old Christmas cactus which has never bloomed has finally
decided to do so. For the last 6 weeks it has been resplendent with
huge, hot pink blossoms.

As the spent flowers shrivel and dry up, should I pick them off or
leave them be? Any other post-blooming advice regarding care and feeding?

TIA

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jennifer5140 on wed 18 jul 07

Hi TIA, mine has been in bloom too, must be the weather.
I always leave the blooms to drop off on their own this leaves a
little knobbly bit where it flowers from next time.
Do you feed yours? and did it flower at Christmas?

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Grant Meyer on wed 18 jul 07

Hi Tia and all,

Congrats on the Christmas cactus blooms. They really are lovely, aren't
they? I just let them shrivel up and fall off of the plant. Sometimes
the plant will try to make fruit "behind" the bloom. I usually trim
that off as well so the plant saves its energy for foliage and future
blooms, but usually mine doesn't try to make fruit and the blooms just
easily fall off. (the baby fruit looks sort of like a fat conical shape
rather than the flat leaf shape).

Other than that, I don't do much with mine other than give it a general
all purpose fertilizer about once a month spring through late summer. I
just use a water-soluble fertilizer like Miracle Gro's houseplant
fertilizer, or their Tomato fertilizer, or whatever is handy, really. I
only fertilize it spring through summer when the days are nice and long.

It sounds like yours is really happy! Thanks for sharing about it.
Keep us posted.

Take care,

Grant

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Subject: [Houseplants] Christmas Cactus Blooms

My 3 year old Christmas cactus which has never bloomed has finally
decided to do so. For the last 6 weeks it has been resplendent with
huge, hot pink blossoms.

As the spent flowers shrivel and dry up, should I pick them off or
leave them be? Any other post-blooming advice regarding care and
feeding?

TIA

penache22 on thu 19 jul 07

> Do you feed yours? and did it flower at Christmas?

I do feed it a mild solution of Bill's Perfect Fertilizer (smells
mostly like fish poop). I have had it 3 years and this is the first
time it has bloomed.

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penache22 on thu 19 jul 07

When I first joined the group, I read all the archives on Christmas
Cactus. John Adney shared that he puts his outside and leaves them
there till the temps are around 30 degrees. (John, hello to Iowa. I
graduated from Mt Mercy and was a teacher in the CR school district
many years ago).

Anyway, since our winters are mild here in the Puget Sound, I decided
to follow John's advice. I put my Christmas Cactus outside (we have a
covered patio)last September and it has been outside ever since. I
water it sparingly and have learned to smother it with neglect. I do
not think I will ever bring it back in the house.

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John G. Adney on thu 19 jul 07

Wish I could keep my outside all the time but you know those Iowa winters.

John

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Subject: [Houseplants] Re: Christmas Cactus Blooms

When I first joined the group, I read all the archives on Christmas
Cactus. John Adney shared that he puts his outside and leaves them
there till the temps are around 30 degrees. (John, hello to Iowa. I
graduated from Mt Mercy and was a teacher in the CR school district
many years ago).

Anyway, since our winters are mild here in the Puget Sound, I decided
to follow John's advice. I put my Christmas Cactus outside (we have a
covered patio)last September and it has been outside ever since. I
water it sparingly and have learned to smother it with neglect. I do
not think I will ever bring it back in the house.

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HDorothyhe@cs.com on thu 19 jul 07

A year or so ago I read that you could root Christmas cactus cuttings in
water. I tried it and it did work. Of course you should wait until it's thr=
ough
blooming.

Good luck -

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jodypeabod on thu 19 jul 07

I also moved my collection (4 plants) of Christmas Cactus outside on a
protected covered patio in a small plastic covered greenhouse type
thingy to live year around. Now they all bloom on schedule pretty much
without having to do too much for them through the fall and winter. I
barely keep them moist through winter and no fertilizer until spring
and summer then I start feeding them just a little.
I'm also glad John told us about keeping his CC outside, I would of
never thought they could survive. I'm in Eugene, OR and it works for
me...thanks John.
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John G. Adney on thu 19 jul 07

You=92re welcome, JoAnn. My Christmas cacti are growing nicely. They should
have put on new growth by the time to move indoors.

John Adney

Marion, Iowa

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Subject: [Houseplants] Re: Christmas Cactus Blooms

I also moved my collection (4 plants) of Christmas Cactus outside on a
protected covered patio in a small plastic covered greenhouse type
thingy to live year around. Now they all bloom on schedule pretty much
without having to do too much for them through the fall and winter. I
barely keep them moist through winter and no fertilizer until spring
and summer then I start feeding them just a little.
I'm also glad John told us about keeping his CC outside, I would of
never thought they could survive. I'm in Eugene, OR and it works for
me...thanks John.
JoAnn
Eugene, OR

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