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Re: Christmas cactus

Heather Grant <hgrant@spicer.com> wrote:
> Last year I made the claim that every time a cat knocks over one of my
> Christmas cactusses (really, that's a word) 
            ^^^^^^^^^
Actually, there are 3 possible plural forms for cactus but that isn't one of
them.  They are: Cacti, Cactuses and Cactus (according to Merriam-Webster).

ObCactus: I've never found Christmas Cacti to be very tempermental.  I put
them in a sunny window, water them when they're dry (about once a week in
summer, once every 2 weeks in winter), stop fertilizing in Autumn, start in
the Spring, and they bloom every year - usually in Nov or Dec and again in Mar
or April.  A bit of "light pollution" in the evening hasn't stopped them from
blooming.  I move them when the start blooming (to show them off) and don't
notice many buds dropping off.  It is likely there are hardy and fussy
varieties.

Cheers, 
Sheila "language police" Craig
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