Missed October? Your Christmas Cactus Can STILL Bloom for the Holidays (Dutch Way)

Did your Christmas cactus spend October in a warm, bright living room, and now you think you've missed your chance for flowers this year? You haven't. This plant starts counting on the first proper night you give it, so a late start means later flowers, not no flowers. I've worked 30 years at a garden center in Holland, Michigan, and every November I bring a bench of late, budless holiday cactus into bloom. A Christmas cactus flowers after a few weeks of long, dark, cool nights. Lamps, the television and a warm furnace keep it thinking it's still summer. Give it those nights now, and it will catch up. What you'll learn: 🌿 A one-minute check to see which of three situations your plant is in 🌿 How to tell a flower bud from new growth 🌿 The late-start plan for dark, cool nights, step by step 🌿 What happens week by week, and an honest date for your first flower 🌿 The moment you can stop the dark treatment 🌿 Where to put it so the buds stay on 🌿 Five everyday things that knock buds off at Christmas 🌿 My mother's curtain trick for homes with no spare room Pointed edges or round, and do you see buds yet? Tell me in the comments, and tell me which state you're in. Give it a proper night tonight. The flowers will take it from there. #ChristmasCactus #HolidayCactus #HouseplantCare