Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti general Discussionpart #4. , 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
JoJo and JB---

For the first time ever--I am using Pro Mix on all my cuttings and potting....
I think it has worked exceptionally....compared to MG Potting Mix and other such Mixes.

I bought a bale of it last fall at a local produce/veggie/flower stand that also has greenhouses. $18,99/bale.
It is soooo compressed that I have yet to, hardly, scratch the surface.

Besides that--I have kept all my CC cuttings rooting under my seed lights set-up. WOW! They all sure love that!
Not only the light--but also the warmth the lights provide....Everything is doing wonderfully.

JoJo--listen to JB. She knows what she is doing!!!!

JB--My new baby CC's cuttings are doing great! Seems they have all rooted.....now the wait begins to see when they will
put out new growth. Do you have any encouraging words?
Seems my leaf-cuttings take about 2 years to get going and to bloom. You seem to be able to sell them in less that a year.
Do you wait until yours are blooming--or in bud--before you sell them---or just when you know they are rooted???

Again--I am NOT planing to sell any--just asking a question....

Today, again, it was 60* here.....What a lovely day!!!! Cold and some light snow is coming this weekend...
I decided to wash all mu kitchen windows. Baby steps here----Baby steps.....I hate cleaning on a major scale...
But--It has been 4 or 5 yrs. since i washed my windows,,,,,hanging my head in shame.....
LR and DR are done. Now Kitchen is done too. have the BR to go. Never mind the lower levels of the house...
No one goes there anyway.....My kitchen is the most pathetic of all "rooms".....in all aspects.

JB--Here is my new batch of CC divisions and leaf-sections I had gathere this fall/winter.
Many of them are from broken off sections from the racks at HD and Lowes.
The Salmon ones are all from my own plant I pinched back after it bloomed....

Gita
Here is some of them---