After pinching off the leaves of a Christmas cactus, flower buds appear 20 days later, and it easily grows into a green cascade

Just look, all your gardening friends' Christmas cacti have grown flower buds, while yours not only hasn't produced a single bud, but is also sparse and scraggly, doesn't it break your heart? Today Huahua will teach everyone a little secret - leaf pinching, guaranteed to get your Christmas cactus, the ones without buds to grow buds, and the ones with sparse branches to burst with side shoots!

Pinch off the terminal buds of a Christmas cactus like this, and flower buds will come popping out!

1. If your Christmas cactus isn't growing flower buds, you can promote flower bud development by pinching off the terminal buds.

2. Pinching off terminal buds should be done only when the branch already has 4 or more leaves.

3. Gently snap off the terminal bud at the very tip of the branch with your hand. Note: do not use scissors, to prevent leaf rust spot disease.

4. After pinching off the leaves, sprinkle about 10 granules of compound fertilizer into the potting soil, once every 10 days. Soon the leaves will sprout flower buds all at once, blooming neatly together.

5. If a single branch grows several flower buds at the same time, don't be greedy - keep the largest one and remove all the rest, to avoid excessive nutrient consumption.

Pinch off the leaves of a Christmas cactus like this, and new shoots will come surging out!

1. If your Christmas cactus has sparse branches and isn't dense at all, you can also try the method of snapping off the terminal buds, to make the Christmas cactus send out dense side shoots and grow into a lush cascade!

2. When your Christmas cactus's modified stem grows to its 4th leaf and still has only one bud, with no sign of producing 2 or more side shoots, you can gently snap off its 4th leaf with your hand.

3. A Christmas cactus that has had its terminal bud snapped off will grow 2 or more side shoots. You can choose 2-3 robust ones that are evenly spaced and keep them, snapping off the rest.

(Image author: Zoujin Yangguangyu)

4. When the small shoots you kept grow to 4 leaves again, snap off their terminal leaves once more. Repeating this cycle, the Christmas cactus will grow more and more lush, becoming a thriving

big tree!

(Image author: Duqiao Pu'antouren)

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gardening friends, how about it? Have you all learned it?

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