Will Christmas cactus plants that have been overwatered recover?


Alan

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Date: 11/28/2003 4:50 PM Mountain Standard Time
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Will Christmas cactus plants that have been overwatered recover?


Alan

Often, over-watering a housplant is curtains for it. Maybe if you explained
the occurance it would help. Do the plants look bad now? Are they swimming in
water? When did it happen, or were they over-watered for a long time?

I have two of these plants potted together. They might be more of the
"Thanksgiving" variety. They are in an east window against the pane. There
should be neon pink blooms in a day or so, and the salmon (on the inside) has
smaller buds. I didn't do much but neglect the plants. Whenever I first see
buds, I never ever move the plants. The soil is very dry, but I will only
water if I have to.

Not if nobody over watered them.

It would all depend on how long the plants were overwatered and how
waterlogged the they got.


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My Christmas cactus is so neglected, in a pot too small and overwatered when
the kids feel like it. It will recover.
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You seem so certain for someone that has not seen the plant in question.

The truth is you have no idea whether it will recover because you have no
idea how much damage has been done to the plant..


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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:50:11 -0500, nobody wrote:

Will Christmas cactus plants that have been overwatered recover?


Alan


What do you mean "overwatered"? What's wrong with the plant first of all?
We need more info. Are the stems rotting? Are the roots rotting?

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:50:11 -0500, wrote:

Will Christmas cactus plants that have been overwatered recover?


Alan

Christmas cactus are sensitive to wet feet. Take 2 or 3 fresh
cuttings while the plant is still alive. The soil should be kept
slightly damp and more dry during the winter months. I water mine
about twice a month, then every week during the growing season (spring
to fall). Provide quick drainage.

In , on 11/29/03
at 12:32 AM, (Skirmishd) said:

Often, over-watering a housplant is curtains for it. Maybe if you
explained the occurance it would help. Do the plants look bad now? Are
they swimming in water? When did it happen, or were they over-watered
for a long time?

They were given to us by a person who admittedly didn't take good care of
them. The Christmas cactus stems are flaccid, but still green.


Alan

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They were given to us by a person who admittedly didn't take good care of
them. The Christmas cactus stems are flaccid, but still green.


Alan

If these plants were given to me, I would put them in a bright window and not
water them for some time. As someone else here mentioned, you can get cuttings
from the stems and get new plants.

The neon pink blooms came into being today.