Root a single leaf of a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) to make a whole pot - new leaves grow fast and it blooms the same year.

How should you care for young Christmas cactus seedlings? Usually, with the young Christmas cactus seedlings we have just rooted from cuttings, once the roots have grown well and new leaves start to grow, we need to transplant them into a new pot. A pot of about 20cm can hold around ten of them. A spacing of about two to three cm per plant is enough.

Please enter an image description. The soil mix must be loose and airy. Christmas cactus likes slightly acidic soil. We can use pine needles plus peat soil, plus perlite, plus a certain amount of coal cinders to mix it. Just go one to one. You can also directly use leaf mold and coal cinders. Mix them at a one to one ratio. When transplanting, try as much as possible not to damage its root system. In this current season, once the cuttings have rooted and survived, be sure to put them in a spot with relatively sufficient light. The midday light is still very strong, so avoid the midday light as much as possible. For fertilizing the young seedlings, choose a fertilizer with a multi-element mix of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Use it three to four times a month for them, and do not make the concentration too strong. A balanced fertilizer is what allows its root system to grow well and its leaves to grow thick and plump.

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Following the soil mix above, when the potting soil is dry, just water it directly. When the light in autumn is no longer too strong, you can give it full sun. Let it grow for two months from now, and by late autumn it may even grow flower buds and bloom. If you do not want to see flowers, just cut the flower buds off and fertilize and water normally. In winter the temperature should not drop below ten degrees; below ten degrees it will stop growing, and any lower will cause it to freeze and be damaged.

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