Christmas Cactus Is Wilting

If your christmas cactus appears limp or wilted it might be a sign that it is dying.

Christmas cactus is wilting. When the christmas cactus is very limp and the soil is soggy repot into fresh soil. Reviving a limp christmas cactus. Unlike most desert cacti this variety cannot tolerate completely dry soil. If your wilted or limp christmas cactus has leaves that appear to be parched or scorched move it to an area with more shade particularly in the afternoon.

Too much water too little water or too much direct sunlight. Truncata which i ll call seasonal cacti in this article read when your christmas cactus blooms too early to know how to distinguish between the two in many homes they come to bloom twice a year in november december and. To prevent a wilting christmas cactus in the future i recommend following a strict care schedule for your plant. Christmas cactus is a long lived plant with bright blooms that appear around the winter holidays.

As i continue to mention above the needs of a christmas cactus are much different than those of a desert cactus. It is characterized in christmas cactus by mushy tissue wilting and pink or reddish discolorations on the leaves. This did not work and now i have two pots of sagging wilting very sad looking christmas cactus. If the soil gets too dry the flowers buds will drop and the plant will wilt.

How do you revive a dying christmas cactus. The wilting stems will eventually die. A christmas cactus is a tropical cactus not a desert cactus. Find out what to do in this article.

Christmas cactus care tips. Although it is a cactus christmas cactus schlumbergera spp doesn t care for arid desert climates. There are a few reasons why your cactus might die. In general home gardeners do pretty well with christmas cactus both the real thing schlumbergera x buckleyi and its close relative thanksgiving cactus s.

Poor drainage and soggy roots can make christmas cactus very limp. My christmas cactus is wilting. Although the plant is relatively low maintenance dropping or wilting christmas cactus blooms may occur. This image shows a christmas cactus that was given to my husband when he was born 66 years ago.

A south american native its preferences reflect tropical. I recently bought a a bag of cactus potting mix and i was going to repot themto see if it helped but i an going to wait and see if any of you out there know what is happening and if you have any suggestions on what i should do.