Pot your Christmas cactus in well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Apply fertilizer during the spring and summer months. Prune ...

Give Christmas cactus lots of indirect light year-round, and don't allow the soil to dry out too much once flower buds form.

New owners may wonder how often to water Christmas cactus plants. The answer will vary by the plant's size, location, ambient moisture levels, and soil type. These cacti aren’t desert specimens ...

The prickly pear cactus has a big network of shallow roots, which can quickly soak up lots of water when it rains. The ocotillo plant only grows leaves after it has rained - as soon as the soil ...

If your Easter cactus is losing buds, environmental factors and improper care are likely to blame. Find out how to fix the issues and get the cactus blooming.

Choose a big pot with drainage holes for the dragon fruit cactus. Glazed terracotta or ceramic pots are best. Properly water your dragon fruit plant to keep the soil moist, but avoid overwatering.

As epiphytic plants, they don’t grow in soil but in pockets of leaf debris ... Another option is to put the cactus in a dark closet on the same light schedule. In six to eight weeks, it ...

Christmas Cactus is a succulent which means it holds water in its leaves. Unlike its desert cousins, it thrives in soil rich humus soils rather than sandy soil. But beware! It does not want to ...

It has relatively small, scale-like bright red flowers and yellow egg-shaped fruit. HABITAT: This cactus grows on bare rock with a minimum humus-soil cover in hammocks near sea level. RANGE: This ...