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1. How to grow crab claw lotus well

The crab claw lotus can be propagated by cuttings, grafting and sowing.

2. How to cultivate Christmas cactus

It takes a lot of effort to cultivate Christmas cactus well, and you need to pay attention to its habits and characteristics. Here are some information for you. How about you take a look at these methods first?

Cultivation method of Christmas cactus:

Christmas cactus prefers semi-shady and humid environment. The soil for potting requires fertile field soil with good drainage, looseness and air permeability. In summer, it is necessary to shade and avoid rain. It is best to place it in a well-ventilated window, balcony or eaves, or under the bottom. Dry, hot air and poor ventilation are the most unfavorable for the growth of Christmas cactus, which often lead to the spread of red spider mites, poor growth of affected plants, and atrophy and fall off from the base of the deformed stems. To prevent the damage of red spider mites, the ventilation conditions should be improved. After the disease occurs, 0.8be of lime sulfur mixture can be used to kill it. Thin liquid fertilizer can be applied during the growth period, and fertilizer and water should be applied continuously from autumn to before flowering. After the cool autumn, it can be moved to a sunny place indoors. At the same time, the plants should be pruned. For those with dense stems, thinning should be done and too many weak flower buds should be removed. The room temperature should not be too high or too low in winter, and it is better to maintain 15°C.

How to grow Christmas cactus 2

Christmas cactus is a short-day plant. Under short-day conditions (8 to 10 hours of sunshine per day), it can bloom in 2 to 3 months. If you want it to bloom in October, you can use a light-proof shade in July to treat the plant with short-day light, so that it only sees light for 8 hours a day, so that it can bloom in late September. After the buds appear on the Christmas cactus, the pot soil should not be too dry, otherwise the buds will fall off easily. When the buds are first formed, watering should be reduced as appropriate. Too much watering will also make the buds fall off easily. When it blooms, it is advisable to place it in a relatively cool room (12c~15c), so that the flowering time can be extended. Christmas cactus has a short period of dormancy after flowering. At this time, the pot soil should be kept a little dry. After the dormancy period, when new buds grow on the top of the modified stem, normal watering and fertilization can be carried out.

Cultivation method of Christmas cactus three:

In cultivation, it is often seen that some Christmas cacti grow well, but do not bloom or bloom very little. In this case, you should check whether the placement location is appropriate, because it is a short-day plant, and the plant can only form flower buds if the light is less than 10 to 12 hours a day. If there is sufficient light during the day, and the place where it is placed happens to have strong lighting after dark, under such long-light conditions, the plant is often difficult to form flower buds. In addition, excessive shade or excessive fertilizer and water will also affect flowering.

Cultivation method of Christmas cactus four:

For plants that have been cultivated for more than 3 to 5 years, the crown width can often reach more than 50 cm. In order to control the plant shape, the internodes can be shortened in spring, and some of the weaker or too dense internodes can be thinned out. After thinning and shortening, the new stems that grow will be green and strong.

Of course, more methods still require you to look up more information yourself! There is also a lot of information in this regard on the Meilele Furniture Network, you can check it out.

I hope this helps you!

3. How to care for Christmas cactus in summer

Schlumbergera belongs to the Cactaceae family. It likes a warm, humid, semi-shady environment. The most suitable temperature for its growth is 20~25℃, so it will enter a dormant state when the temperature exceeds 30℃ in summer. At this time, the buds on the leaves will grow slowly or even stop growing.

Some flower lovers think that it is hot in summer, so they place Christmas cactus in a cool, sunless place. This practice is not advisable because Christmas cactus is a succulent plant after all and it needs sunlight.

If we want the Christmas cactus to continue growing, we need to change its environment and move it to a place with scattered sunlight, but not exposed to direct sunlight, and it should be well ventilated. Spray a little water on the leaves every day to keep them moist.

After a period of time, if new buds grow on the leaves, we will continue to maintain it in this way. However, if the leaves do not change, it means that it has lost the opportunity to grow new buds. At this time, we need to act decisively and cut off the leaves.

Watering of Christmas cactus is also very important. Don't water it too much. After the soil in the pot is dry, don't water it thoroughly. Just water it a little to keep the surface of the soil moist.

Summer is a rainy season, so you must remember not to let Christmas cactus get exposed to rain. Of course, it does not need to be fertilized throughout the summer. If root rot occurs, change the pot immediately.

The flowering period of Christmas cactus is during Christmas and New Year's Day. During the bud formation period, many weak buds will grow on its leaves. It is necessary to pick off the weaker buds appropriately to ensure that the other buds are of the same size.

This is the end of the sharing of the maintenance methods for Christmas cactus in summer. If your Christmas cactus has the same situation, you might as well try it.

4. How to grow Christmas cactus in summer

The reasons why the buds of the Christmas cactus are of different sizes and small in total may be related to factors such as unbalanced fertilizer types, insufficient nutrition, and low room temperature. For Christmas cactus with flower buds, thin fertilizer should be applied every 10 days; under normal circumstances, the room temperature of Christmas cactus with flower buds should be maintained above 10℃ in winter, with a little light, and the pot soil should be dry, and it should not be watered too much or too wet frequently.

The pruning, bud thinning and binding work of Christmas cactus include: after the flowers fade in spring, promptly prune back from the 3 to 4 nodes under the remaining flowers, and at the same time remove some old stems and too dense nodes to facilitate ventilation and home maintenance; apply callus antiseptic film to the pruning mouth to prevent nutrient loss.

In order to control the plant from growing too large and make it suitable for indoor display, when the diameter of the whole plant reaches more than 50 cm, the stem nodes can be shortened in spring, and some old and dense branches can be thinned out. After thinning, the new branches that grow will appear green and strong, and the flowers will bloom more luxuriantly. It is worth noting that pruning should be done on sunny days, not on rainy days or in summer.

The following aspects should be noted when fertilizing Christmas cactus: After Christmas cactus blooms in March, there is a short dormant period, and fertilizer and water should be stopped until new buds emerge on the stem nodes, then normal water and fertilizer management should be given; apply flower strengthening agent once every half a month during the growing season to make the petals larger, the fragrance richer, and the flowering period longer.

Christmas cactus can be repotted every two years, usually from March to April. In addition to adding about 3 cm thick sand and gravel at the bottom of the pot to facilitate water filtration, you should also add rotted poultry pigeon droppings, broken bones, fish scales, etc. with a high phosphorus content to the culture soil, but the roots should not be in direct contact with fertilizers. When the temperature reaches above 30°C, the plant enters a semi-dormant state.

At this time, not only should it be avoided from the scorching sun and rain, but it should also be placed in a moist and cool place. At the same time, stop fertilizing and control water to prevent the root rot of the plant. Autumn and winter are the bud formation and flowering period of Christmas cactus. It can see a little sunlight in late September, and full light in mid-to-late October, which can promote flower bud differentiation and more flower buds. At this time, it is advisable to apply liquid fertilizer containing more phosphorus every 7 to 10 days, and stop fertilizing until it blooms.