Alternatively, you could position your Thanksgiving Cacti further back from your windowsill, to achieve a better placement for your plant. If your home is the opposite to mine and you live in a gloriously sunny, light and bright home, you could grow your Thanksgiving Cacti on a North facing windowsill. This window is not double glazed, so the temperature drops with the arrival of autumn. I try to keep the radiator below this windowsill turned off, so that the plants growing above aren’t dried out too much and they can sense a change in the temperature and light through the seasons. This windowsill is a hotly contested space, as it’s my brightest growing area, so every plant has to perform exceptionally well to earn a place here, or it’s swiftly switched out to give another plant an opportunity to bathe in the sunlight. However, unlike traditional cacti plants, Thanksgiving Cacti don’t want to be baked in the sunshine, these plants positively thrive in partial shade!Īs my home is shaded, I grow my Thanksgiving Cactus positioned on my brightest windowsill, which is East facing and partially shaded by outside plants and fences. So these days, I don’t grow many cacti, as I’m unable to provide the sparkling sunshine and sun-baked window sills that cacti tend to favour. My home is rather gloomy inside, it’s not naturally light or bright. Finding the right place for your Thanksgiving Cactus to live There’s no need to re-pot your plant each year it’s better to under-pot rather than to over-pot your plants. These cacti are quite happy being grown in a smaller pot than you’d expect for a plant of their size. This spring, I re-potted this plant into a slightly larger pot. ![]() My Thanksgiving Cactus is in bud at the moment, but here’s a picture I took of the very same plant in flower, back in November 2018. However, Schlumbergera plants benefit greatly from this growing arrangement, as their host trees boost the Schlumbergera plants up within the canopy of the jungle, where these cacti gain greater access to moisture, better air circulation, and light. Schlumbergera are not parasitic plants, they don’t steal any nutrients or take any sustenance away from their host plant. These plants hail from Brazil in their native rainforest environment, Schlumbergera grow high up in the branches of trees, where the environment is humid and warm. ![]() Rather than growing in the soil, or in the sand, which is where we think of most cactuses growing, Schlumbergera grow as epiphytes – when they grow upon trees, or as lithophytes – when they grow upon rocks. Schlumbergera are an interesting group of plants, that grow in the wild as epiphytes and lithophytes. There are three popular forms of Schlumbergera – Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter Cactuses – so called, as these three different forms of Schlumbergera tend to bloom at celebratory times of year. Thanksgiving Cactuses are from a genus of plants called Schlumbergera. Thanksgiving Cactuses are truly reliable plants with minimal care these plants will flower again next year, too! Schlumbergera You don’t need to follow a detailed watering regime or an onerous plant care schedule, Thanksgiving Cacti won’t mind irregular, haphazard watering they’ll positively thrive with very little care and attention. They don’t require weekly waterings as long as these plants receive occasional watering and misting, they’ll be happy. Here’s a picture I took today of my Thanksgiving cactus in bud. I love this plant because I associate it with two people that I love very much but also because this cactus is a fun, easy going, and reliable houseplant that flourishes inside my home, in less than bright conditions. 1.9 Tips to ensure your Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter Cactus flowers again, every yearįour or five years ago, two of my favourite people in the whole world gave me this lovely Thanksgiving Cactus. ![]() 1.3 Finding the right place for your Thanksgiving Cactus to live.1 Giving thanks for my Thanksgiving Cactus.
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