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Q: Is now the time to put a Christmas cactus in the dark for a few days?

A: You can definitely put the Christmas cactus in the dark for a few days now. Changing the temperature, changing the light cycle and even taking them out of the pot and transplanting them are going to force it to get some blossoms going.

If you haven’t done any pruning, taking the tips off will help promote new growth as well, and that’s where it will bloom too.

When you bring it back out into sunlight put it near a window that has l

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