Thanksgiving cactus questions
Sage TX 9a
6 years ago
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Comments (8)It's not a matter of needing Al's mix, in particular, but wanting something chunkier that drains well without compacting. The most recent repotting was actually to remedy that situation you brought up. It was compacted and the soil ball had come away from the sides. I did help it out by letting it soak a bit with each watering but I finally decided enough was enough and gave it fresh mix. I still think it gets sort of stodgy at the bottom, which is why I'm just going to change the pot to something else entirely. In this window, it gets direct sun from about just after noon until a bit before the sun sets. It's almost completely unobstructed. There are parts of it that look like sunburn holes, and burnt edges along some of the segments. It's enough light to bloom a geranium regularly, and bleach out a Hoya pubicalyx to pale yellow. Roommates don't tend to move the kitchen plants, but the living room ones have gotten moved around a bunch of times. It doesn't really bother me, but these aren't the plants I am fussy about. The hoyas and orchids are the ones I don't want other people messing with, so they reside with me in my room. It is a nice one, I found it at Trader Joe's a few years ago as a tiny little thing. It has large peach blooms and really does bloom right at Thanksgiving. Hopefully I can get it to bloom in my new place as well. It blooms way better than the bright pink one, which has never given me any more than one bloom at a time. Oh well, I don't mind; it is very attractive as a plant....See MoreThanksgiving/Christmas Cactus Questions
Comments (7)I left mine out with the last cold front, it got down to 34 with a windchill of 24. I didn't bring anything in. They all did fine, lots of buds and blooms. BUT, if it's going to be below freezing you might want to drag them in. I bring stuff into the house but it's not heated downstairs unless we're down there so the temps can get to freezing but I've never had any plants damaged. The really tender ones, like the seabeans that I sprouted, won't take any cold so I bring those up where there is heat. Stay warm and good luck! I'm sick of winter! Isn't the reason we live in the south to avoid freezing? Tally HO!...See MoreChristmas/Thanksgiving Cactus Blooming Question
Comments (3)Thanks Josh ! I may have to bring it in by Saturday however, as it looks like we're going down into the 30's as early as Sunday ! Ugh !...See MoreThanksgiving Cactus question.
Comments (5)thechinski, Yes, will upload a few pics. The plant is not as big as you might imagine. We've kept it in check over the years. It measures about 29 or 30 inches from one side to the other. It has been in the same kind of potting medium for years. About 1/2 soilless potting medium and 1/2 perlite. It has thrived and grown very well in this type of mix for many years. I know it will probably be recommended that I add some grit to the mix. I may do that the next time I repot. But I have resisted the urge to play around with it's growing mix because it has done so well in what it's in now. It was repotted about a year ago, in the Spring. These first two pictures are where the one trunk/branch simply broke off. It was very dry where it broke, even though the rest of the plant is fine (except where the other one broke, which was farther up). I don't have a pic of the actual part that came off because I tossed it when it came off the other day. The segments were too wilted to fool with trying to root them. But, over the years, I have started many new plants by rooting segments. These next two pictures are just 'fun' pictures. The first one shows a branch where the segments are in different stages of transitioning. And the second picture shows the pretty shrimp colored flower this plant has. This season has been the longest blooming season this plant has ever had. It started blooming in September, slowed by December, then started again and came into full bloom starting in January. As of now, it is still blooming....See More
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMy TC cactus has been outside for at least couple of weeks of low nighttime temps, about 45-50*F. Didn't freeze, didn't die - started to grow new leaves:
And during Summer, it was in full sun since it is in same pot with Euphorbia milii - obviously, we don't have heat and as strong sunlight as TX, but summer temps are in high eighties. It gets darker color, but doesn't die from sun. In your TX sun & heat, it may fry. I am not saying you should do the same, just pointing out that many succulents are quite resilient. E. milii flowers didn't 'like' colder temps, that is when I brought them in - flowers looked like this (photos from Nov. 6/17):
Euphorbias flowers are 'recovering' now, and TC has lots of buds - photos below just taken (sorry, for the photo quality :)
TC will not bloom before Christmas, maybe even after - but it is doing well.
Here are temps on Nov 5th & 6th (in *C) and were same since Oct. 25th:
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agorina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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It is not a Christmas cactus, unfortunately. Confusing with the rounded leaves - but flowers are give-away - they are TC flowers for sure. I believe it is some hybrid...Here is photo of it few years ago (you can see one of the euphorbia stems):
E. milii has never been without blooms since I have it 2012; it is constantly blooming, even during winter under supplemental lights. But it is perhaps because it is older plant? - it was number of years old when given to me. Stems are over 4'tall...I do not know about other colors since I have just this one, but would like yellow or white...or any of the plants Marie Tran has!!! - look at her euphorbias here: Marie Tran - blooming euphorbias
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