Christmas cactus won't bloom, so my wife changed its position with an iron frame, and it burst into 30 blooms
Many people love growing flowers, and growing flowers brings people a joyful mood, making the whole day feel great. Then, when growing flowers, people like to choose plants that bloom and are easy to care for, so the Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) is very suitable for people. The Christmas cactus has a graceful plant shape, growing in a posture that looks like bared fangs and brandished claws, which is why it is called "crab claw," yet it is very lovable. The Christmas cactus blooms very vividly, and its shape is easy to manage, making it very ornamental. A well-grown Christmas cactus can produce twenty or thirty flowers from a single plant.
The survival rate for growing Christmas cactus is very high, but getting the Christmas cactus to burst into bloom all over the pot is somewhat difficult. The Christmas cactus my wife grew was just like that. However, after my wife gave it a change of "position," the Christmas cactus burst into bloom. Everyone, hurry and take a look with me!
You need to understand the growth habits of the Christmas cactus. It is a short-day plant, so it needs a short period of light every day, generally 8-10 hours. Only in this way can flowering be promoted. This is also the basic factor for the Christmas cactus to bloom. Then, regarding the soil in which the Christmas cactus grows, the Christmas cactus likes fertile and breathable soil, so everyone must usually replenish the nutrients for the Christmas cactus. When it blooms, it needs a large amount of nutrients, so you must supplement enough.
My wife used some homemade iron frames and then built a Christmas cactus flowerpot, growing the Christmas cactus on it, and it burst into bloom with 30 flowers!
Use three thick iron wires to make a triangular structure, and on the top layer use wire to wind it into a circle. This is the first layer. If you do not want to grow it too large, one layer is enough. My wife was rather greedy and made two layers. Following the method for the first layer, continue to build the second layer on top. Soon a two-layer pagoda-shaped structure was ready.
Then we also need to use Christmas cactus grafting techniques. Choose a cactus that is two pagoda layers tall, and graft the Christmas cactus onto the cactus so it grows there. The cactus is a universal rootstock, and the survival rate for grafting the Christmas cactus onto it is very high. After that, graft the Christmas cactus branches layer by layer, and finally fix them with some string, and it becomes like the picture below.
Using this method, my wife made the Christmas cactus very beautiful and well-shaped. This kind of Christmas cactus can absorb light better, so it can bloom better. Look, these Christmas cacti have all grown more than 30 small flower buds. In the next few days, they will surely burst into bloom all over the pot.
If everyone thinks it is good, you can try this method. Hurry and give your own Christmas cactus a shape. It will definitely burst into bloom all over the pot.