Is there a trick to getting a Christmas cactus to bloom? I’ve had one for several years now and it’s never bloomed. It’s very healthy and its arms grow ever longer (should they be trimmed?) but no blooms. Does it need particular conditions or supplements? Thanks!
Hi there, a good, sunny window and a little water once a week does the trick for me. In bloom they get a little more water. You can try trimming it back. My large one is in the dirt it came in. I keep mine in kocedama balls. Maybe the moss helps.
Blooming depends upon light and nutrition.
I feed my Christmas Cactus all year long with my milk concoction; when we finish a gallon of milk, I don’t rinse it out, but add back a gallon of water. The calcium in the leftover milk is just enough to keep my cactus (and over-wintered Geraniums) happy and blooming.
If you want your cactus to bloom, you need to deprive it of light, or move it to a spot that gets less light, after spending the summer in a sunny window, or outside in dappled shade.
Though, mine sits in a south-facing window all year - BUT that sunlight moves up or down depending upon the time of year, so that change must be enough to trigger mine.
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