Comments on: Night blooming cereus frostbite

By: G

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:46:52 +0000

These plants like to be root bound and prefer heat and draught conditions.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:07:42 +0000

Oops…typo in the website…it’s livingleaf.net. Let me know what you think about my night-bloomer.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:41:22 +0000

Hello Helen…I have a night-blooming cereus that I married into. The “mother” plant belonged to my husband’s grandmother who lived in Atlanta, Ga. I live in North Carolina and acquired a cutting of her original plant 2 years ago. I repotted the plant and added a trellis for support. I fertilized with Super Bloom during the summer and had beautiful blooms. I brought the plant inside in early October before our first frost. I trimed it a bit and will place it back in my garden after the threat of frost passes – usually late April. I have photos of the blooms on my website.

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:59:22 +0000

Thanks for your reply, much appreciated. I feel a bit more hopeful for blooms. I do think I’ll take some cuttings though and start a few new plants too. Maybe I’ll get lucky. Happy New Year!

By: BuddyGarden

BuddyGarden — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:28:27 +0000

Hi Helen- I really don’t have any secret to make it bloom. My mom has the same cuttings and we started growing it at the same time but mine is three times bigger than her plant! I put it on the deck where it gets the most sun and they love the heat. They don’t like soggy soil and I only water it when the top of the soil feels dry. If your plant is growing lots of new leaves it’s a good sign, maybe try to put it in a sunny spot. Once in a while I fertilize it with a bloom fertilizer (highest phosphorus number you can find). How long have you started your plant? If you’ve only had it for a couple of years, sometimes it takes few years to start blooming. I seriously don’t put too much care to the plant and I think they like a little neglect sometimes. Good luck! Please do come back and let me know how it goes.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:56:37 +0000

I hope it makes it, it does look OK though. I’ve got one and it’s never bloomed. What’s the secret? do you fertilize it? and if so, what do you use? I did repot mine and all it’s done is grow lots of new leaves.

By: BuddyGarden

BuddyGarden — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:49:34 +0000

Nell- I learned my lesson this time. I always knew they don’t like the cold very much and it’s my fault this time for not bringing it in earlier. It is a hassle to move it in and out every year and I can’t do it myself because it is too heavy!

By: BuddyGarden

BuddyGarden — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:47:23 +0000

Hi Fern- of course I’ve killed a great plant before! I’m hoping it’s not this one!

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:36:26 +0000

Aww. Bummer. Hey, have you ever killed a really great plant before? I’m putting together a post about killing plants (accidentally, of course. I’m not talking about plant murder ).

By: Nell Jean

Nell Jean — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:47:21 +0000

Oops! They don’t like cold very much. It looks fine since you cut off the frostbitten parts.