Need advice on pruning a sun-damaged christmas cactus

My question is how far back can I prune this cactus to help it look good again? It is a medium-sized plant in a six-inch pot. While we were on vacation, it was damaged after a rain which followed a string of 105 degree days last June. This left it pitted with sun damage all over it. I would like to prune as much as possible to restore its beauty. Can I prune it back to the woody section at the base and get new growth? Should I prune some of it this year and some next year? Is there a percentage that I can prune without killing it? It is putting out new growth right now, so I figure now is the time to prune.

Thank you for any advice.

Can you post a picture? In general any parts that still have a good amount of green on them are helping the plant even if you don't quite like the look of them, so I wouldn't prune back too much stuff that looks like that--probably better to be patient and do it gradually as you get new growth. But if there are parts that are completely dead/brown those aren't doing the plant any good so you could trim those off.

It doesnt take a lot to sun damage these. Mine has been in a western window and with the large amount of snow that would never go away...the sun reflected and the rest is history. I tried to root some of these pieces and they where too stressed. I think you need 4 segments to get it to bloom, a segment can grow pretty fast maybe half dozen before xmas? It would be nice if others could chime in but maybe we need to go to the succulent/cactus forum for help. Anyway portions of mine were taken back to 3 segments total. (I twist them off carefully) Parts on it have grown addtl 2-3 segments in the last few months. New growth also from base portions of the plant. Is your plant very old and woody, (round edges) or like the Truncata (pointed)?

looks like some water and food is needed and not much more . if it's not dead brown or dead i would not remove it . but i would get it out of direct sun light defuse the sunlight with a nitted old dolly like granny use to nit . you might chech the soil and see if the plant has out lived it if not some good old attention to food and watering is needed.

Yates- That's a neat looking picture. Looks like a person holding out something! Is that Kutzu( don't know if I spelled it right?)?

Yes it is Kudzu is the way it is spelled ; )

kutzu-----my front yard is covered in this devil vine it climbs the trees and kills them . it grows under ground and kills everything in its path. i hate it .

Bradysnana,

I use too live in the Free Will Baptist Home 4 Children in Greenville Tn when i was about 8 to11 pa & granny had some trouble with me and my bro and we had no place to go dad was gone ...it was nice tought us a lot .

Sarge

glad you got to be in greeneville, tn wish things could have been on better circumstances tho.

Well, there's more than one way to skin a cat, isn't there? To me, the most successful way is to start all ove again with a pot full of healthy "leaves". This should be done every couple of years or so. As soon as it gets leggy and woody, start a new one...