The Christmas cactus is gaining more and more popularity in Slovakia. You will appreciate its charm especially during the Christmas season, when it adds even more charm to your festive interiors. However, if you want him to fully develop his potential by Christmas Eve, you need to help him a little with homemade food first.
Christmas cactus, with the professional name of Schlumbergera, comes from Brazil. It is characterized by the fact that it blooms in winter, which largely explains its aforementioned popularity. But the natural process is worth helping, and if you want to see results by Christmas, now is the best time to take the right steps. The important thing is that all you have to do is peel your favorite vegetables.
How to revive a Christmas cactus? This fertilizer will make it beautiful for Christmas
Homemade plant fertilizers often use products that usually end up in the trash. In the case of the Christmas cactus, it is onionwhich is an accompaniment to many meals. If you want to prepare onion nutrition, you simply put the onion skins in the container, fill it with a liter of warm (but not hot!) water and then screw the lid on tightly. Leave the container for 24 hours in a dark and cool place. After this time, it should still pour the resulting solution through gauze or a cloth diaperthen it is ready to use. Onion fertilizer is recommended use for watering the Christmas cactus once a week.
Onion nutrition is rich in many valuable components, such as iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, copper or phosphorus, as well as vitamins B, E and C. This makes the Christmas cactus resistant to diseases and strengthens its root system. In addition, the leaves and flowers of the plant acquire more intense colors. The effects of this fertilizer are visible after two to three weeks, so you should not delay its preparation. On this occasion, it is appropriate to mention other effective methods of feeding the Christmas cactus.
How to fertilize the Christmas cactus to make it bloom? One chemical preparation is enough and the plant will bloom
However, your options do not end with fruits and vegetables. It also brings very good results activated carbonwhich you should easily find in any pharmacy. You can use this nutrient in two ways. The first is to crush the tablet into a fine powdere.g. using a teaspoon. Mix the resulting powder with the top layer of soil in a pot and then water the plant. The second method consists in dissolving a tablet of activated carbon in half a liter of boiled distilled water beforehand. Whichever method you choose, use charcoal fertilizer once every 3-4 weeks.
Cut the Christmas cactus only in this way. Otherwise, you can hurt him
