Trying to Propagate Christmas Cactus

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

Special Succulent Soil
At night
My gardening friend said to break them off so they are shorter. Can’t try to root and also grow up simultaneously