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SquarePeg · Monday at 8:49 AM

smoke665 said:
Mother Nature with her cold/warm/cold/hot/cold flashes is confusing the plant life just noticed our Christmas Cactus is blooming again.

My Christmas cactus is blooming right now as well. I didn't get any blooms at Christmas time though. I put it in a cool dark room for a month then put it in a sunny window and gave it some food and it bloomed.

jeffashman · Monday at 9:25 AM

My Christmas Cactus is about ready to bloom again. Two buds on it right now. Several "leaves" got knocked off another one, and they are in pots right now. Hoping to propagate them. I dipped them in rooting powder and then buried the bottom inch in soil.

smoke665 · Monday at 9:47 AM

SquarePeg said:
My Christmas cactus is blooming right now as well. I didn't get any blooms at Christmas time though. I put it in a cool dark room for a month then put it in a sunny window and gave it some food and it bloomed.

We have two story floor to ceiling windows, one corner of which DW has taken over for plants (she calls it her green house). We've had this cactus for two seasons now, never moved from its spott. Last year it bloomed at Christmas on time, nothing after. This year it bloomed profusely over Christmas and is now once again loading up with buds.

SquarePeg · Monday at 10:24 AM

smoke665 said:
We have two story floor to ceiling windows, one corner of which DW has taken over for plants (she calls it her green house). We've had this cactus for two seasons now, never moved from its spott. Last year it bloomed at Christmas on time, nothing after. This year it bloomed profusely over Christmas and is now once again loading up with buds.

Obviously it is happy in that spot and can never, ever be moved.

CherylL · Monday at 2:10 PM

smoke665 said:
What an appropriate title l'll be appropriating that for DW next time we shoot girls!

My grandson won't sit for photos and needs a cat wrangler too!

snowbear · Monday at 4:53 PM

One of MLW's bloomed a few weeks ago; number two didn't.

smoke665 · 2024-04-23T19:20:00-0500

Long day. Errands, loaded tractor and equipment, loaded truck with tools/supplies, tomorrow headed to lake for major last push on final touches to our property. If all goes well this will be the last trip for heavy equipment. The end is in sight. Have a multi rig group of friends coming in next month for a 4 day weekend of camping, relaxing, food and fishing.