Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cactus General Discussion Part #5 , 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
JB--

I have Epsom Salts and I have a seaweed fertilizer as well as Fish Emulsion.

I also have some old Ironite. Would that help? What other products contain Iron?
Do you believe in the "old, rusty nails stuck in the soil"? ..:o)

My small CC's are getting to be a good size as well. They have all been now in 4" pots.
They sit on my front porch and never get sun--just nice, bright shade.
One thing that may hinder their blooming is that there is a porch light right above them
which is on all night. Not a bright light--just 40W in an old, rusty fixture.
At what time should they have complete darkness to set bloom?
I could put a box over the plant stands these sit on.

I have also started several 4" pots of the red Easter cactus. Not sure yet how far they are with the rooting...
Nothing has died--so holding my fingers crossed....

#1 and #2 here are the CC's...on my front porch right by the door.
#3 is my Easter Cactus starts. Should be good to go by next spring's Plant Swap.
***The bigger one sitting off to the right is a White Easter Ccactus that coleup shared with Sally and me.
I just ripped the root ball in half. MAN! That thing had a serious root system!

Thanks! It was nice to hear from you again........ Gita