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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Qiviut; All

My red and my pink Christmas cacti had a nice flush of blooms a few weeks ago. There were a lot of small budding flowers too, but now they are all drying up and falling off. Was there a way to encourage a second flush of blooms that I don’t know about? Most of the buds are now gone.


45 posted on 12/27/2021 3:07:20 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: gleeaikin

Those second set of blooms falling off is usually due to a change in temperature or light.

Is it getting dry air blown on it from having your furnace on now? Did you move it? Is it getting enough water? They need more water when they’re blooming than when they’re not.

Just off top, those are usually the reasons for bud drop.

Mine has bloomed beautifully, but she needs a good clean-up, today to remove the spent blossoms and hopefully get some more blooms from those coming up behind. ;)


51 posted on 12/28/2021 9:43:04 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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