Crab claw cactus autumn care: just one action and it keeps bursting with new growth

Crab claw cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) is a particularly beautiful plant, and many flower lovers keep a pot of it at home. After autumn arrives, learn one action and you can make your crab claw cactus burst with growth.

In summer, crab claw cactus is usually cared for with little water and little fertilizer, so if many crab claw cacti do not get enough water, they will turn yellow and drop leaves.

So in autumn, if you want to grow crab claw cactus well, the most important thing is to replenish water and fertilizer. Doing this can help it recover from its summer care state and get ready to bloom.

The first time you water it with fertilizer solution, be careful to use a fertilizer with a relatively gentle strength, not a fast-acting fertilizer, because after not watering for a long time, suddenly giving it fertilizer solution like this will damage the plant.

For the fertilizer solution you apply, it is best if it contains no additives at all. A general-purpose organic nutrient solution is also fine. A fertilizer fermented purely from plants is best; this kind of fertilizer is safe and will not irritate the plant, and it is good for its growth.

About every ten days or so, spray it with fertilizer solution. This can promote the growth of the crab claw cactus and make its stems grow more robust.

Before the crab claw cactus has recovered its growth momentum, be sure not to spray it with a single phosphorus-potassium fertilizer. This kind of fertilizer has a certain effect on promoting flowers, but if you promote flowers before it has recovered its growth momentum, it will instead affect the plant's growth.

By September to October, gradually increase the light it receives, and every so often spray it with some phosphorus-potassium fertilizer. This can promote its flower bud differentiation.

After the crab claw cactus grows flower buds, be careful to cut off the stem segments that are not very neat and the flower buds that are too densely packed. This allows nutrients to be concentrated, and the flowers that bloom will also be more beautiful.