How To Force A Christmas Cactus To Bloom

  • To make Christmas cactus bloom during the holidays, they need to be moved to a dark area (like a closet) from 5 p.m. This short-day treatment should last for six weeks. Plants kept like this will bloom in about ten weeks.
  • Dec 27, 2017  Your Christmas cactus can do just that! With some care, Christmas cactuses are designed to bloom every year around the holidays.

Thanksgiving CactusBoth Christmas and Thanksgiving Cactus are called “short day plants” (phototropic plants) meaning the shorter the days (fewer hours of light) and the cooler the night temperatures the more flowers they produce. One way to encourage buds is to leave either variety outside in a protected area until the temperature gets down to about 40 degrees.Then, if you can find a cool, bright location indoors where the temperature stays below 70 during the day and about 10 degrees cooler at night, you should have a beautiful plant for the holidays. Don’t rush to re-pot, these plants like to be root-bound. Once flower buds start to develop, holiday cacti do not like to be moved.Here are some things you might try in order to get your Thanksgiving plant to bloom.Room may be too warm so lower the temperature to 60-65 during the day and 55-65 degrees at night. Keep the plant in total darkness for up to 12 hours a day starting about 6-8 weeks before you want it to bloom. The warmer the room the more darkness the plant needs. The rest of the time keep it in. Calculate engine power from equation pdf.

How To Force A Christmas Cactus To Bloom Free

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In order to further force a Christmas cactus to bloom, you’ll need to move the plant where it will receive about 12-14 hours of darkness. Bright, indirect light during the day is fine; however, Christmas cactus requires at least 12 hours of darkness at night in order to encourage bud development.

Starting in the fall, feed your plant with a high in potassium and phosphorous but low in nitrogen. Always dilute it to 1/2 the recommended strength.Cool temperatures and hours of darkness are the key!