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Post by siobhan on Jan 9, 2020 11:13:18 GMT -5
Our dog ATE my Christmas cactus overnight and large proportions of the soil it was growing in, also. Threw up most of it immediately. What in the name of horticulture could have possessed him? His food dish is full. He gets all the Milk Bones he wants. I have hopes of nursing what's left of my poor plant back to health, but he did serious damage.
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Post by cnyguy on Jan 9, 2020 21:11:18 GMT -5
Who knows what motivates an animal to eat something strange. My niece's cat eats the branches on artificial Christmas trees. I always put my Christmas cactus out on the balcony for the summer, but last summer I had to bring them in early. A squirrel was pulling them apart. I don't think he/she was eating them, just shredding them. I salvaged as much as I could of the pulled off pieces to root them, but only one survived.
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Post by biteybird on Jan 10, 2020 3:22:01 GMT -5
Is that a particular type of cactus you guys have over there? Like a variety?
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Post by siobhan on Jan 10, 2020 11:16:23 GMT -5
It's actually a succulent, not a cactus, and it blooms in winter around Christmas time. If you've ever seen "The Homecoming," the Christmas movie that kicked off The Waltons TV show, Olivia has one in the basement. Like pointsettias, they have to be kept in the dark for a while to make them bloom. Here's what they look like: www.almanac.com/plant/christmas-cactus |
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Post by biteybird on Jan 13, 2020 4:20:29 GMT -5
Oh, I see! That looks very pretty and I can see that it doesn't look like the usual kind of cactus. Nice colours.  |
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Post by siobhan on Jan 13, 2020 11:36:04 GMT -5
The remainder seems to be hanging on. It's in the birds' room and near a window so it gets some diffused light and maybe it will be okay. My grandma could grow anything and she'd have been able to save it no matter how bad a shape it was in, but I did not inherit that ability. My husband says I'm where plants go to die.
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Post by cnyguy on Jan 13, 2020 21:34:49 GMT -5
Hope your plant survives. The one I wrote about that the squirrel tore apart is doing well and is going to have several flowers soon (mine typically bloom a few weeks after Christmas). The piece that I'm rooting also has a flower bud which I suppose I ought to remove so it won't draw all the plant's energy away from setting roots.
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Post by biteybird on Jan 18, 2020 5:16:59 GMT -5
I did not inherit that ability. My husband says I'm where plants go to die. I can relate. Any plant I look after is pretty much doomed...  |
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Post by siobhan on Jan 20, 2020 10:51:55 GMT -5
So far, so good. I need to repot it, but I didn't want to stress it again so soon. I want to wait until it's settled down from the trauma of Jack's snack first.
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Post by biteybird on Jan 21, 2020 4:47:06 GMT -5
It's pretty amazing that it is still surviving. |
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