Grafting Christmas cactus onto cactus: learn it in two minutes, and it blooms like a string of red firecrackers

Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) is now a very common household green plant that many people love. Its leaves are very emerald green, and it looks great once it grows into a full pot. Its flowers are also very beautiful, very fiery red and festive, but if you want a Christmas cactus to look good, most growers will graft it. After grafting, the Christmas cactus becomes a completely different sight!

But grafting is a relatively advanced technique among flower care skills, and many flower lovers still don't know how to do it, so they keep putting it off. Actually, grafting isn't hard, it's just that many people make it sound hard. Today, we'll teach everyone how to graft Christmas cactus! It only takes two minutes to learn, and after grafting and a period of care, the Christmas cactus will bloom like strings of fiery red firecrackers hanging down from top to bottom, very beautiful!

Our first step is choosing the rootstock. The rootstock we generally choose for Christmas cactus is cactus. Cactus is the best grafting rootstock for Christmas cactus, bar none! When we choose to graft, it must be on a sunny day; cloudy and rainy days are not suitable for grafting. The season is generally spring and summer, when the Christmas cactus has very strong vitality, making it suitable for grafting with a high survival rate!

We need to choose a relatively sturdy cactus. Using a small blade, we cut off a bit of the top of the cactus as shown in the picture, forming a small platform, and on this small platform, we use the knife to cut two slits. This gives us two grafting surfaces, preparing for the grafting to come!

We can also cut directly into the side of the cactus, and then use a knife to shape our Christmas cactus leaf into a diamond. We must insert it while the sap of both the Christmas cactus and the cactus has not dried, so that there is a better fit and a higher survival rate!

We can also graft the Christmas cactus leaf directly onto the small platform at the top. This actually completes our grafting operation, very simple. We choose how many Christmas cactus pieces to graft according to the size and build of the cactus. In fact, we don't need to graft too many; when the Christmas cactus grows, just a few grafted branches can cover the entire cactus!

If after grafting our Christmas cactus branches look a bit wilted, we can spray a little water, then cover the entire cactus with a plastic bag, poke some small holes for ventilation, and after covering it for a few days, the Christmas cactus will recover!

After we finish grafting, we just care for it the same way as a cactus, and remember to spray a little water on the Christmas cactus leaves from time to time! Isn't it very simple? It's not as complicated as others say! When our Christmas cactus grows and blooms, we'll be able to see a truly beautiful sight!

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