The most obvious sign that you should repot your Christmas cactus is when the plant is beginning to look a bit unhealthy despite your best efforts.
This is especially true if it has been quite a while since it was last repotted. In most cases, Christmas Cacti do not need to be repotted every year and generally will do better if repotted every three years or so instead.
One way to tell if your Christmas Cactus is ready for a new pot is to check the drainage hole. The best time of year to repot is during the spring or summer. The reason for this is to give your plant the most amount of time during the growing season to settle into its new home and recover from the stress of being moved.
Most experienced gardeners also recommend waiting to repot your Christmas Cactus until after it has finished blooming. Typically, by late winter or early spring, any flowers that have been produced during the winter will have wilted. Before you remove your Christmas Cactus from its old pot, you need to get the new pot ready. The smoother you can make this transition, the better your plant will recover.
Be sure to use a fast-draining soil for your Christmas Cactus such as one that is specifically labeled for use with succulents and cacti. Now you need to put a little bit of soil into the pot before you place your plant inside. How much soil you put in at this phase will depend on the size of the pot.
The next step in the repotting process is to remove the Christmas Cactus from its old container. To safely remove the plant, you may need to tip the pot on its side or even upside down.
Just be sure to have a hand in place to carefully catch the plant when it comes out. Once you have the plant out of the old pot, you can begin to carefully shake away soil. However, your Schlumbergera plant is a bit different. They actually prefer to be potted up right after they are done blooming. Although some owners prevent their plants from being root-bound since they are a bit tricky to repot once they are, your Christmas cactus actually prefers being bound to their pot.
They might also grow slower if they are repotted more than usual. It is because this plant likes its roots crowded. These little babies will prosper more if they are repotted once a year for their first few years but just until they are completely established. The first thing to prepare when transplanting Christmas cactus is the pot. Choose a container that is 1 to 2 inches bigger in diameter than the current one.
Be careful in picking a much bigger pot than what you have since it can also retain too much moisture that would cause rotting. For the soil, you can use your own mix as long as it drains well and is lightweight. In their natural habitat, Christmas cacti grow on rocks and other plants under trees and shrubs. In this article, we discuss how and when you should repot your Christmas cactus.
Although these are reasonably quick-growing plants, you may not need to repot your Christmas cactus annually. The plants do well when the roots are a bit root-bound. If you repot too often, you could damage your plant. Christmas cactus only needs repotting once every three or four years.
If the plant looks a bit weary or the roots begin to grow out the bottom of the current container, your plant is ready for repotting.
Springtime is the typical time for repotting most plants, but Christmas cactus blooms during winter and needs repotting immediately after the blooms fade. Never repot your Christmas cactus while it is blooming. Take care when repotting your Christmas cactus because its limbs and leaves are a bit delicate.
If you have a large, heavy plant, you may want to trim it back and take cuttings before you repot. Additionally, lightly wrapping Christmas cactus with lightweight fabric can help prevent breakage.
I moved form NY to NC. In NY, I had to bring them in due to cold weather in October. Here I leave them outside on my screen porch. The blooms are fantastic. They come in for display or frost warnings, but they love screen porch. Would helpful if you would have snow all three in your article. Nice to have something pretty after garden is put to bed. Our growing guide applies to all types of holiday cacti.
However, if you wish to learn more, see this article about the differences beween the various types including pictures. I combined the two cati I had bought, put it in a well draining pot and soil, placed it on a bed of rocks on the top shelf of a cabinet on the south facing wall.
It got indirect southern light. It had lived outside all summer in zone 7. I watered it infrequently, no fertilizer. It bloomed, both cati around dec and kept blooming until april. In fact, I never follow the articles and have had excellent plants and many babies. I'm in the UK, and my Christmas cactus has started forming buds. It's currently in a southwest facing window, and that's the only place it gets light from.
Will it flower if I leave it there? From what I've read online, in an ideal world, they should have around 12 hours of darkness in order to bloom as best as they can. My hallway has much less light but it's by no means pitch-black!
Will the buds form better if I put it in the hallway? Or are they still capable of forming and flowering if I leave it in the SW facing window? As the days get shorter, even the light coming through a SW window will be less and less—enough to trigger blooming.
In fact, I keep mine in a south-facing window all year and it flowers a ton! Dropping leaves and limp stems can be signs of overwatering or underwatering. My leaves are limp.
The cactus and I need help. I was having troubles with it I believe over watering leaves and branches were falling off. It is reading at a 6 right now. The recommended moisture reading may depend on the manufacturer of the meter.
For Rapitest, for example, the recommended reading for a Christmas cactus is 6. So you would not water if the reading were any higher. If the number is the same or lower, you would water. Check every 4 or 5 days. During the dormant season, however, reduce watering. So, when the plant stops producing blooms, reduce the watering until flower buds start to appear again.
If the cactus is dropping its leaves, check that it has enough humidity around 60 percent , and check that the water is draining out at the bottom. Waterlogged plants can lead to root rot, which can cause branches to fall off. Skip to main content.
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