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Gardening

TygrBright

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1. Thanksgiving/Christmas cacti are daylength-sensitive bloomers.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 11:32 AM

Nov 2017

So if you want them to bloom every year, they need to be placed (starting at least in early August) somewhere that they'll experience the natural light cycle almost every single day. Having them in a place where lights are turned on after dark will confuzzle them and they may not bloom.

Beyond that, they do like a reasonable amount of light and not too much water.

They're gorgeous and can be very long-lived.

informatively,
Bright

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Ok, so didnt I read someplace that Thanksgiving cactus should be given bright [View all] a kennedy Nov 2017 OP

Thanksgiving/Christmas cacti are daylength-sensitive bloomers. TygrBright Nov 2017 #1

I actually write on my calendar every other Monday to water..... a kennedy Feb 2018 #2