Place the Christmas cactus in the right spot and feed it a little something, and Aunt Zhang's plants grow leaves as sharp as knives.

As people's living standards improve, more and more people keep a few pots of flowers at home. You could say that growing flowers has become a necessity of life. Put a few pots of flowers in your home and it instantly feels full of life, and it makes you feel very cosy. That is indeed true. Growing flowers not only beautifies your home, but also purifies the air, and it can also cultivate your character. It is a good thing that achieves several goals at once. For example, the flower lover Aunt Zhang really likes growing Christmas cacti (Schlumbergera). But Aunt Zhang has her own rules for growing Christmas cacti: they can only be placed in one spot. Aunt Zhang says this is the key to growing them well, and if you also feed them a little self-made snack, Aunt Zhang's Christmas cacti all grow especially well, and the leaves look so sharp, like little blades.

So what exactly does Aunt Zhang do?

Don't worry, today's topic is:

Aunt Zhang grows Christmas cacti and only places them "here", then feeds them a little "something", and the leaves are as sharp as "knives"!

First, let's talk about where Aunt Zhang places her Christmas cacti. Is it really so key?

Before talking about placement, let's first talk about the growing habits of the Christmas cactus!

The Christmas cactus is a plant that likes sunlight. It can only grow well with sufficient light, and during its growing period it must get no less than 8-10 hours of light every day. So it must be placed in a place with plenty of sunlight. Some flower lovers, in order to preserve the overall look of their home decor, like to place the Christmas cactus next to the TV, in the corner of the living room, in the dining room, on the coffee table, or on the desk in the study. But in fact, none of these places are very suitable for the Christmas cactus to grow.

Aunt Zhang knows this very well, so her Christmas cacti are all placed on the balcony windowsill or on the bedroom bay window. She gives it the spot with the best light in the home. Aunt Zhang says that except in summer, when it needs a little shading, at other times she gives it plenty of light.

Only in this way can the Christmas cactus grow well, and bloom more and more brilliantly.

Here is another little method to make the Christmas cactus bloom more and bloom longer:

When the Christmas cactus is about to enter its flowering period, you can give it only 8 hours of light, and cover it with a large cardboard box for the rest of the time so it does not get light. This is because the Christmas cactus is a short-day potted plant. Do this for about 2 months, and the Christmas cactus will sprout lots of small flower buds and soon be covered in blooms. If you want it to bloom a little longer, be sure to keep the temperature around it a little lower, especially the nighttime temperature. That is all there is to it. Isn't it simple!

So what does Aunt Zhang feed her Christmas cactus?

1. Actually it is very simple, it is soybeans. But Aunt Zhang does not use fermented soybeans. Instead, she stir-fries the soybeans until cooked, then crushes them and sets them aside for use.

2. For the eggshells, remove the egg liquid from them, put them in the sun to bake for 2-3 days, crush them, then put them in a pan and stir-fry until slightly yellow. This helps break down the calcium, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients in the eggshells.

3. Put the stir-fried crushed soybeans and eggshell powder together with leaf mold into a flower pot, spray with water to moisten, seal it with a plastic bag, and put it in the sun to bake for about 20 days. Then it can be used to grow Christmas cacti.

After feeding them this kind of thing, even if you don't want the Christmas cactus to grow, it will. Anyone who has tried it knows.

With sufficient nutrients and light, then as long as we are careful about watering the Christmas cactus, we can grow it with lush branches and leaves and flowers all over the pot. To water the Christmas cactus, just keep the potting soil moist and not too dry. Absolutely no water accumulation in the pot. Better dry than wet. If at first you are afraid you can't judge it well, you can find a wooden stick and insert it into the soil. If the soil that comes out with it when you pull it out is a little dry, then it needs watering.

That is all for today's sharing on the care of the Christmas cactus. Did you learn it?

If there is anything you don't understand or if you have a better method, you can leave a comment. I am especially happy to walk hand in hand with you on the road of growing flowers!