How To Care For A Christmas Cactus After It Has Bloomed. Many times though theyre both labeled as Christmas Cactus when they are sold. This Christmas care article provides important background information tips on how to care for a Christmas cactus plus trouble shooting advice.
The only way to get a Christmas Cactus to bloom is to plan ahead and coax it into flowering long before you want it to bloom. However unlike regular cactus the Christmas cactus isnt totally drought resilient and requires more watering care and attention especially when you are trying to force bloom. This helps the plant produce new growth in the spring.
In mid-October reduce your watering.
Generally preparations start in late September because it takes six to eight weeks of priming the growing environment for buds to sprout at the leaf tips then eight to twelve weeks from that point for the buds to finally bloom. This watering schedule will force the plant to enter the dormancy period. Take a section of up to five segments from the end of a stem. You can hang it or place it on a pedestal.