I saw these two Ambrosia cans on the shelf in the World Market (and there are other pudding choices in the store) in Columbus Ohio.
I didn’t purchase but was curious.
Perhaps a reader has tasted a these products and can give a review.
Does anyone want to chime in with a Thanksgiving or an Easter cactus? Scroll down for info on how to identify which cactus is which.
So many wonderful comments and stories of Christmas cactuses and geraniums which endure for generations. I heard from loyal blog follower and dear friend and neighbor today. Thanks Tookie
“Dear Kindred Spirit, Reading everything you’re posting about your mother’s Christmas cactus. Please add me to the list of those who have and cherish my mother’s Christmas cactus. I can remember it on her kitchen window sill when I was in grade school and on and on. She shared part of her plant with me when we moved to our apartment in Aspinwall in the early seventies. People fuss at me to repot it in a larger, clay pot. I do not, but left it tight and pot bound in the original plastic pot in which she gave it to me. I love how we value so many of the same things!!!
Love, Took and Jack too”
“A Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) is a popular, long-lived, rainforest-native houseplant known for its vibrant flowers that bloom in the fall, often at Thanksgiving. It differs from a Christmas cactus by having pointed, spiny-looking leaf-like stem segments, while Christmas cacti have rounded segments. To care for it, provide bright, indirect light, high humidity, well-draining soil, and water when the soil is dry to the touch. Bud set is triggered by short days and cooler temperatures, so starting a light-dark cycle in September.”
Info on the different types of cactus
Fall Festival at the Stephen Foster Community Center on Friday September 12.
And I won a mum- blurry clip from a selfie video
Yesterday’s showed my efforts to propagate my mother’s Christmas Cactus. Here’s is one reader’s response.
Thanks for sharing your mother’s Christmas Cactus, Joanne. Here’s what she sent.
Not just any Christmas Cactus but plant cuttings from my mother’s Christmas Cactus. Although my mother passed 25 years ago, her Christmas Cactus is thriving in Albany. Thanks E for cutting the pieces! And thanks to my sister for mailing the cuttings. They made it to Pittsburgh just fine.
I dried them off and let them sit a day as it said they’d be less likely to rot
I looked at YouTube and Google and there’s the water method and the dirt method.
I’m trying both.
Stay tuned. Hopefully there will be many plant children.
Schlumbergera is the Latin name
Here’s how to care for the Christmas Cactus
From my sister in New York City, sent 7:53 Thursday evening.
