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ratstail Apr 04, 2008

does anyone know how i can force open the buds on my rats tail cactus to flower?
i need the plant to be blooming for a flower show in one week! thanks

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 05, 2008

Once it's already formed buds I'm not sure there's much you can do besides wait and cross your fingers! There are techniques for forcing blooms on various sorts of plants, but all of those methods are used to get the plants to form buds at a time of year when they wouldn't otherwise, once the buds are there then nature takes its course.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Apr 06, 2008

Possible to try a LITTLE extra heat and half dosage feed, but dont over do it, especially with liquid feed as you could drown the plant, sometimes even keeping a plant on the warm but drier side forces them to flower quicker as they think nature is telling them to get a move on to reproduce seeds for survival. why not go to the Cactus forum as there will be people who have more experience than I have, I just never had to force plants into flower before, good luck with this, lets know how you got on at your show. WeeNel.

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