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  2. How To Propagate A Christmas Cactus—A Step-By-Step Guide - AOL

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    Water plants when the top inch of soil is dry and begin feeding with a balanced (20-10-20) fertilizer at half strength starting about three to four weeks after transplanting into containers.

  3. Transplanting - Wikipedia

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    Plants raised in protected conditions usually need a period of acclimatization, known as hardening off (see also frost hardiness). Also, root disturbance should be minimized. The stage of growth at which transplanting takes place, the weather conditions during transplanting, and treatment immediately after transplanting are other important factors.

  4. Cereus (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Cereus are shrubby or treelike, often attaining great heights (C. hexagonus, C. lamprospermus, C. trigonodendron up to 15 metres or 49 feet). Most stems are angled or distinctly ribbed, ribs 3–14 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually well developed and have large areoles, usually bearing spines.

  5. Echinocereus triglochidiatus - Wikipedia

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    Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes ...

  6. How Often to Water a Christmas Cactus to Keep Your ... - AOL

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    Cut back on watering after your holiday cactus stops flowering, which is generally late winter for Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus plants and early spring for Easter cactus. Allow the top 3-4 ...

  7. Why Your Christmas Cactus Isn't Blooming - AOL

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    Christmas cactus do fine in most homes with average indoor temperatures and humidity levels, if you keep them watered correctly. In fact, you only need to water when the top inch or two of soil ...

  8. Opuntia ficus-indica - Wikipedia

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    Cattle are normally fed a spineless variety of the cactus. [10] The cactus pads are low in dry matter and crude protein but useful as a supplement in drought conditions. In addition to the food value, the moisture content adequately eliminates watering the cattle during drought. [10] Numerous wildlife species use the prickly pear for food. [10]

  9. Mammillaria - Wikipedia

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    The plants are usually small, globose to elongated, the stems from 1 to 20 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 to 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) in diameter and from 1 to 40 cm (1 ⁄ 2 to 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) tall, clearly tuberculate, solitary to clumping forming mounds of up to 100 heads and with radial symmetry. Tubercles can be conical, cylindrical, pyramidal or round.