Effortlessly propagate your Thanksgiving cactus with simple stem cuttings or root division, to create healthy new plants that burst with vibrant blooms year after year.

How to propagate a Thanksgiving cactus in water The method for how to propagate a Thanksgiving cactus in water is the same as in soil, except you add your cut samples in soil.

Water, soil and fertilizer. A Thanksgiving cactus should not be allowed to dry out; however, excess water can cause rotting or fungal problems.

Meanwhile, a Thanksgiving cactus requires less water and can get away with being watered once every other week. However, the soil should be consistently moist and never fully dry out.

Here's how to care for a Thanksgiving cactus, a low-maintenance tropical plant with colorful flowers that blooms just in time for the holiday season.

You don't want your Thanksgiving cactus sitting on a plant saucer with water in it. Water thoroughly and then allows the top third of the soil to dry out before watering again.

A gardener recently asked me why her Christmas cactus bloomed before Thanksgiving. My short answer was that it was likely a Thanksgiving cactus, which normally blooms between Halloween and ...

How to Care for a Thanksgiving Cactus: The Thanksgiving cactus is an easy to care for tropical plant with colorful flowers. Learn about the light, soil, and water it needs to bloom for the holidays.

Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus or Easter cactus? Which is which? There are subtle differences in the margins of the leaves.

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana) is often bred with truncata to form Schlumbergera x buckleyi. The Christmas cactus has flat, segmented leaves very similar to the Thanksgiving cactus.

Meanwhile, a Thanksgiving cactus requires less water and can get away with being watered once every other week. However, the soil should be consistently moist and never fully dry out.