The soil used for breeding Christmas Cactus should be loose enough, which can be directly purchased for use, or the rotten leaf soil, garden soil and sand soil can be prepared in the proportion of 4:3:3. Before use, it should be disinfected under high temperature to avoid infection.
It belongs to the plant with short sunshine, so it doesn't need to see sunshine for too long every day. It can receive sunshine for 6 hours. Daily maintenance should be careful, in summer can not be direct sunlight, will plant sunburn, can put shade and other astigmatism.
During the growth of the plant, the soil should be kept in a slightly wet state at all times. After the soil becomes dry, water it in time. Generally, water it once every 2-3 days. It needs to be watered more in summer, so that it can spend the summer in an environment suitable for humidity. In winter, you need to control the water. You can water it once a week.
If it is not fertilized for a long time, the plant will wilt, so it needs to be fertilized once in about 15 days. When the temperature is high in midsummer, fertilization should be stopped. After autumn, liquid fertilizer can be applied once every 7 days.
When the temperature starts to drop in winter, the antifreeze work should be prepared in advance, and it is better to put it in a warm place in the house. But don't get too close to the heating or coal stove. You need to wrap it up with plastic film for winter outdoors.
