Last year, my friend for the first time in 10 years blossomed cacti, a month later she...

It would seem that cacti, well, what is special about them? Absolutely nothing: prickly unsightly plants, not endowed with any special beauty. But there is something really beautiful about them: their flowering. And with these unusual domestic plants associated with many signs. In ancient times, cacti were symbols of health and were endowed with magical properties.





Editorial "Site" He'll tell you what it means to have a cactus bloom, and he'll share some tips for those who want to have a lush flower.

Cacti bloom quite rarely and fleetingly. This means that their flowering marks some special event or big changes in life. Especially if the cactus has never bloomed before. What kind of change? Different for each case. If the cactus blooms in the house of an unmarried girl, then soon she will be married.

If the cactus blooms in the house of a married woman, then in the near future the family is expected to replenish. Most often, flowering means that a woman is already pregnant. This fact has been confirmed by personal experience.





At home, my friend had a cactus for 10 years. It's an ordinary cucumber with spines. And then, all of a sudden, the cactus released a flower. Very beautiful, large and with a pleasant aroma, the flower simply fascinated with its beauty. He lasted exactly one day, and then withered. A couple of weeks later, she found out she was pregnant. So it works.

Cactus can also blossom into profits, large purchases and important acquisitions. In any case, the flowering of this prickly plant marks some happy changes and events. Cacti absorb negative energy, clearing the space around them, making room for something good.



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Of course, you can believe in signs, you can ignore them, but every connoisseur of domestic plants will surely be interested in how to make a cactus please its incredible flowers. We'll tell you about that.

So, first of all, you need to forget that cacti are unpretentious plants. I don't think so. If you want them to bloom, you have to take care of them. It is not necessary to pamper the cactus, it is best to create conditions as close as possible to natural ones. Well, let's find out which factors are decisive.



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So let's start with the landing. If you want to grow a large cactus, then you need to plant it in a large pot, preferably in a plastic one. Then the plant will be comfortable. All other features of care depend on what kind of cacti you have. Watering, location and temperature - all this for each type of cactus must be selected separately. Forest cacti do not like direct sunlight, and desert cacti do not like the lack of light.

So, first of all, you need to familiarize yourself with all the features of these cacti and provide them with proper care. In fact, the whole secret of flowering cacti lies in two things: proper care and timely feeding. We would like to talk about the second one in more detail, because it is necessary.

The cactus needs potassium, calcium, phosphorus and nitrogen. Each of these elements helps the cactus grow and stay healthy. And that's what makes it bloom. You can use ready-made feeding, but among cactus growers there is an opinion that there is too much nitrogen in it. Therefore, we recommend preparing homemade food.



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There are several options. For starters, you can make fertilizing from egg shells. You can grind it to add to the ground when planting, but for fertilizer you need to prepare an infusion. Dried and crushed shells pour warm water in proportions of 1 to 5. Insist for 15-20 days, and then water the cacti with the resulting solution every 30-40 days. This will help nourish the plant with calcium.

Cacti also need potassium. And this element is rich in banana skin, from which you can also prepare fertilizer. Fresh banana peel thoroughly washed and dried. After grinding in a coffee grinder. Powder from the skin mound over the soil mixture and fields with water. This can be repeated once a month.

To saturate the soil with nitrogen, you can prepare fertilizer from the citrus peel. Grind the peel from citrus fruits (lemons, oranges, tangerines), fill it with 3/4 cans, and then add water to fill the jar. Insist 24 hours, mix with water in a ratio of 1 to 3 and water, but no more than once a month. In addition, it is very useful to fertilize domestic plants with succinic acid.

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Here are some simple tips that will help your prickly houseplants bloom lush. Perhaps this will be the sign that you have long been waiting for or mark some significant event in your life. In any case, this phenomenon will undoubtedly please!

How do you feed your cacti? Tell us in the comments, and also be sure to send us photos of your flowering thorns!