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Re: INDOOR-GARDENING digest 616

Vera,

Forgot to mention that with your Christmas cactus, they respond to
temperatures.  We leave ours outside until the temperatures dip into the upper
30's then we bring them in to full sun in the greenhouses where they
immediately (sometimes less than a week) burst into bud and bloom.  It's the
change from cool to warm that promotes the blossoms, not the photo light
process of darkness to light as with poinsettias, etc.  Hope this helps.  We
even keep up our fertilization program, quarter strength with each watering,
alternating between an organic (fish emulsion) fertilizer and a chemical one
such as Peter's 20-20-20 or Rapidgro or Plant Marvel.  Right now we're
enjoying watching our buds set.  They are about a quarter of an inch long on
all that we have brought in.  We still have a few outside hanging in lath
houses and on hooks in the crabapple grove.  We'll bring them in this week end
and will have a "staggered" blooming session on our plants. We have Zygocactus
'Chris Kringle,'  (a bright cheery Christmas red), a bright orange, a rich
gold, a snow white one and a peach if I remember correctly.  Our local paper
did a color picture of them and a nice article this past November.

Jim McKinney
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