Comments on: How To Properly Care For Your Christmas Cactus

By: Mojo

Mojo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:59:02 +0000

I love Christmas cactuses I gust got one it was $3.00 insed of $10 and it has one or to budes and a cuppel segments of the stim/leaf thinges fel of and the tipes of some of the other ones have like browen on them is that normil if not wut cases it and how can I fix it

By: PlantLady

PlantLady — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:41:27 +0000

Grace and pittsginnyp….Mine has never had any pink on the leaves, so I did a little research for you. From what I can find out, it can happen when the plant starts to receive more or brighter sun and it doesn’t do any harm to the plant. It seems it’s not uncommon for this plant to have either a pinkish or purplish color in the leaves during the summer months when there’s more sun.

pittsginnyp.. as far as part of the plant rotting, it could be basal stem rot which is caused from the soil being too damp. The best thing to do is to remove any effected parts of the plant and cut back on watering. If you’ve had it for many years and have always feed the plant once a week that might not be the problem, but it’s recommended to feed them no more than once a month through the growing season.

Laurie..If your plant is looking “bleached” out it’s probably getting too much direct sunlight. In the wild, this plant actually lives in the crooks of tree branches where it doesn’t get a lot of bright sunlight. As far as the buds, from what I have read they won’t open if the plant isn’t getting enough light or humidity.

By: pittsginnyp

pittsginnyp — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:48:11 +0000

My Christmas Cactus has green and pinkish leaves.What causes this? I’ve had it for many years and have not seen this before? Also, part of the plant rotted off? I feed it cactus food once a week. What does it need?

By: Laurie K

Laurie K — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:41:41 +0000

My Christmas Cactus is looking pale, but it’s loaded with buds that haven’t opened for about a month. What should I do?

By: TERRY S.

TERRY S. — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:22:23 +0000

This is a very informitive web page. I had some questions about Poinsettias, and found what I needed.

By: Bobbi Pugh

Bobbi Pugh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:52:02 +0000

My Christmas Cactus is blooming now! What should I do so it will bloom @ Christmas too?
Thanks!

By: Barb Lutters

Barb Lutters — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:08:55 +0000

? TOO much sun for too long a time.

By: GRACE WHITE

GRACE WHITE — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:17:57 +0000

I HAVE AN OLD CHRISTMAS CATUS , SOME OF THE LEAVES ARE PINKISH
AND SOME ARE GREEN . IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A FEW YEARS .CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS NORMAL , OR WHAT COULD BE THE CAUSE ?