Comments on: Christmas Cactus Care https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2016/12/christmas-cactus-2.html Grow What Nourishes You Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanne https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2016/12/christmas-cactus-2.html#comment-26498 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:24:25 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/?p=5989#comment-26498 In reply to David Fowlkes.

David, it was very kind of you to share your tips and to leave a note on my blog. Thank you and have a happy holiday!

]]> By: David Fowlkes https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2016/12/christmas-cactus-2.html#comment-26497 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:09:56 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/?p=5989#comment-26497 Hi Jeanne. I enjoyed your article about Christmas Cactus in the Farmville magazine. You did a good job of bringing attention to this group of plants. I’ll bet at least a few readers have gone out and purchased one or now have a new appreciation of an existing one.
My care regime is extra simple. As soon as all danger of frost is past in the spring I set mine(a white Thanksgiving Cactus) outside, usually on the ground, under a group of trees. There it gets fairly heavy shade, no direct sun at all, and I don’t water it. It gets only what water falls from the sky. As temperatures drop in the fall the cactus slowly begins to set buds. I leave it out usually until early November. Even a few light frosts are no bother with the pot being under trees. When I bring it in it is already covered in buds and begins to bloom in a matter of days. I think summering them outdoors is one key to success. They also don’t need much soil. Can stay in the same pot for years.
Again, I enjoyed your article in the magazine and your blog.
-David Fowlkes
Horticulturist
Town of Farmville

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