Mine never need to get cold or cool to bloom... All I have to do is feed them during growing season and leave them put, in the greenhouse or a room in which gets dark naturally with daylight and they all bloom.. In fact, I try not to expose most of mine to cold since I want the true bright colors I bought them for..If left to get cold, like below the 60's, all of mine will not bloom to true color.. Mike

Hiya Cyirra and all, Congrats on the blooms! They're really, really lovely! I don't have any of the yellow/gold types so it's really fun to see yours. What conditions are you growing yours in? I still have the one in these older pics ('Dark Marie')--it's in my den right now and is budding up nicely (and making a couple of early blooms each week too). Here's a pic of one of the early blooms from this week, it will make its larger flush in a month or three. I've gone a bit overboard with Christmas cacti over the last couple of years, but they're so durable, and they love it here (indoors) and they bloom regularly for me (although often not until mid to late winter) so why not, right?? Here's a pic of a small rescue plant I got two years ago as an utterly wilted MESS with only five segments. Some bright light and occasional water have helped it revive. Happy gardening indoors and out everyone, and tomato, please post pics of yours when they bloom! Grant

My Christmas cactus has lived in the same window for 17 years and has bloomed every year. It is in a south facing bay window, I turn it every two or three months except when buds are on it. It is huge. I repotted it about 5 years ago and since then has been in the same soil, same everything. It is too big to handle much without damaging it. It gets Gardens Alive plant food for flowering plants three times a year, a shower when dusty, and otherwise no special attention. EXCEPT for about two months ago, when I started misting all my plants foliage with Eleanor's VF-11. Now almost everything has new growth on it, including both my Christmas and "Easter" cactuses. It usually starts setting buds now, but for once I see no buds! Just lots of new growth. I wonder if I goofed it up by giving it the VF-11.

Hey, beautiful, Nancy! So happy it's blooming this season! :-) You bet I remember those, Mike, you've really brought those cuttings along well! Layean, sounds like you're doing everything right, although I might suggest a bark-based mix instead of standard potting mix. As for fertilizer, just use a good fertilizer at about 1/4 strength at least a few times a month during the prime growing season. My CC continues its bloom, new flowers opening as the old ones fall away.... Josh