How to reproduce the Decembrist
Question: How to root the Decembrist's handle?
Anyanya: Take it, tear off a twig (at least 3 segments) and put it in a glass of water, wait for the roots to start, and then, like all plants, you need to plant.
Lenochka: That's right, only I took root even with two segments, you can in the water, or you can in the ground.
Alyusha: Breeds in April - May. Dry the cut cuttings for 2-3 days until a glassy film forms on the cut surface. Then root in special soil.
Schlumberger care - in the Encyclopedia of Houseplants section.
Veta: I deal with cuttings - or rather, with the fact that it accidentally falls off a large one - it's very simple, like with all cacti and succulents: it lies for a couple of days, dries in the air, and then immediately into the ground. Because forest cacti are still not deserted, so I give them more nutritious land than for other cacti.
Helenn: I dry them for at least two days to a week. And then immediately in universal soil, but in a very small pot. I tried to plant without drying - they rot.
How to make the Decembrist bloom
Question: Can you tell me how to make the Decembrist bloom. Mine is already two years old, and he only grows leaves. I have it hanging in a planter on the east window - only in the leaves of pret. The window is not far from it. And my mother also has it hanging, but it blooms every winter, although there is not at all a cool place.
Kleo: To stimulate flowering, the Decembrist needs a cool place, then he gains buds. For flowering, you need to stop watering at the end of summer for a while and put the plant in a cool room with a temperature of 15 ° C. And these plants grow well and bloom in partial shade.
Veta: I think mine is blooming, because, firstly, it stood on the windowsill, closer to the light - after all, the 16th floor; secondly, the apartment was cold, in the kitchen where he was, it was about 13-14 ° C all winter. He spent the summer with me on the loggia, stood so that he did not get a lot of sun - so, in the morning a little, but it was still light, fed regularly along with all the other fertilizers "Power of Life." Now it has become cooler on the loggia, I have moved it to a lighter place. So he is gaining more buds.
Melnikov Vladimir:
- First, they should be planted in dishes as small as possible (depending on their volume). It is necessary to transplant into dishes so that the former area freely enters the new one (i.e. somewhere 1-2 cm a year more). The frequency of transplantation depends on the abundance of flowering and the actual growth. They all have a very poorly developed root system and do not require a large volume of soil. If you give more volume than they need, it is the roots that begin to develop, to the detriment of everything else. Do not forget that these are still epiphytic plants. And they grow like orchids.
- Second: they are all winter-flowering plants. And in order for them to bloom abundantly - you need to rest (degrees 15, when watering 1 time somewhere in 1.5-2 weeks) from early October to mid-late November (depends on our unpredictable axes, i.e. maintain the temperature, if it is higher, then it is necessary to water!) And
- the third: for flowering you need the brightest place in your apartment, air humidity (I have already said that such plants are not suitable for the kitchen) and starting from autumn - do not twist, do not carry (i.e. rearrange) this plant anywhere. Further - if you have a stalk from an adult, flowering plant, then if these conditions are met - at most in the second year it will definitely bloom with you.
Why the Decembrist doesn't bloom
Question: I have been growing a schlumberger for several years, I try to look after it correctly, but why doesn't the Decembrist bloom ?
ITALIA: In one of the books about cacti, I read advice that I have been using for more than one year. Schlumberger (Decembrist) is a short-day plant. The laying of flower buds in them depends on both the length of daylight hours and the temperature. With too warm content in winter (above 23 ° C), strong vegetative growth and a complete absence of flower buds are observed. A lower temperature (17-20 ° C) contributes to the formation of flower buds, but only if the day is short. At an even lower temperature (10-15 ° C), the laying of flower buds occurs regardless of the duration of daylight hours. Content below 10 ° C prevents the formation of buds. In this case, night temperatures play a major role. So, above 23 ° C - the schlumberger will not bloom. 17-20 ° C - the schlumberger will bloom with a short day of 10-15 ° C - it will bloom regardless of the length of the day. Below 10 ° C - the schlumberger will not bloom.
Kroky: To stimulate future abundant flowering, it is advised to pinch off the plates - segments at the ends of the shoots that have already separated.
Why do the Decembrist fall buds
Question: why do the buds and flowers of the Decembrist fall sharply?
Rose: He, when he blooms, as well as gardenia, does not like permutations, and even more so to be left without bright lighting.
Irish: I rushed with my schlumbergers like with written torbs, twisted-spit, rearranged - they bloomed 2 times over the winter. I water them only after the surface is completely dry.
So about. Her sun is round summer, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers, by winter - the absence of additional light and a cool place (if the room is too hot) - should bloom. I fertilize with half a dose of Ideal 3-4 times watering. The main thing is to make sure that there is no large dose of nitrogen - the bush will grow. Or you can switch to potassium-phosphorus by mid-summer, and before that, water with fertilizers with a higher dose of nitrogen.
But schlumberger blooms without fertilizer. She lived as a schlumberger in a light coniferous land with a sand - practically did not grow, only she let out flowers. She transplanted it into the ground for succulents - she began to build up greenery.
Anilorak: For the Decembrist, it's all about coolness. I.e. it gains buds when it is cool around it. Until the tenth of October, the Decembrists stood on the balcony, and when it got completely cold, I took them into the room, and everything is in buds and now one is already blooming. No carrier, no new place prevented them, thank God.
Pansy: This is what is written in our website on this issue: The plant sheds buds or parts of segments on leaves - at too low a temperature, insufficient watering, rearrangement to a new place, excess fertilizer, pest or disease damage, it is also necessary to check the roots.
Why the Decembrist slowly grows buds
Question: why do the buds that have appeared grow so slowly?
Veta: Buds are in no hurry to usually grow. Maybe this is due to a lack of light in winter? Now my first buds have just begun to open - the first tier of petals has unfolded. But I gradually feed my beast with complex fertilizer. By the way, buds can still fall off if the plant lacks food.
Colleague: I want to refute one statement about the schlumberger that buds are crumbling from her movements. I was moving now, transporting a blooming schlumberger with buds. I put it on a cool balcony, there is + 17. Not a single bud fell and new ones started! In a cool environment, they do not fall?
Air roots at the Decembrist
Question: Please tell me, is a large number of air roots in the Decembrist a "symptom" or a species feature? If "symptom," then what?
Marusa: My Decembrist also has many aerial roots - they grow from each segment. This is normal when the humidity is higher, there are more air roots.
Decembrist changed color
Question: I heard that you cannot put two multi-flowering Decembrists next to each other, white will eventually turn pink." Has anyone encountered such a phenomenon?
Buttercup: My friend had three types of Decembrist growing in one pot, white, indeed, slightly pink, but the reason is the change in the mineral composition of the earth (compared to the store). I live in one red and white. There were three flowering periods, and now white has bloomed for the fourth time and the color does not change. But it's so beautiful when they bloom at the same time!
Irish: Decembrists can change colour from how they bloomed in the shop. I bought pure yellow, and repeated blooms in peach. And I bought from the girls from the forum already lost at home - the color was both white and remained. The Decembrists do not change color from living together!
Veta: It seems to me that flowers in schlumberger can change color depending on living conditions or age. Mine, when it bloomed, the flowers differed on the neighboring branches - on one there were intense pink, and on the other - in the middle white, and with the transition to the edge - pink. Lighting could affect - bicolors were closer to the sun.
Melnikov Vladimir: In the Moscow cactus club, ours have had such multi-colored bouquets for many years. And so far not a single bush has adopted the color of another. Specially went to visit and stunned from such a violent flowering. I also wanted now. Segments were presented from each different. Feel free to plant! A similar question arises about senpoli - he asked the Moscow senpolists a question, they answered that this cannot happen so that bushes grow nearby and adopt the color of the flower from one another. Even academicians Pavlov and Michurin did not dream of this!
Decembrist re-bloom
Question: And I read somewhere that the Decembrist can bloom in December and after rest bloom again in spring. Is it true?
Veta: My Decembrist blossomed twice last season. The first time is in January, and the second time in April, and the spring bloom was much more abundant. Now again all in buds, however, still quite small. But there are many of them. It all depends on whether the Decembrist has time to relax in the cool, without drying or overflow, whether he has enough light.
Decembrist withers what to do
Question: I have a Decembrist, what to do? At first it grew well, then the leaves became crumpled, lost their turgor. Transplanted into a larger pot. At first, the flower came to life, but then the same story repeated itself. Now the leaves are as soft as a washcloth.
Irish: You flood it! The soil should dry before watering.
Helenn: Yes, this year I also observed this, and asked in the forum. Everyone said - the bay. Then I didn't water for a week at all and now I literally have a teaspoon. But she was already numb, though she dropped some buds.
Natalie: the Decembrist has withered sweat leaves (for example, on a sunny western window in summer) and drying out when the earth dries into dust, or from the bay. You yourself understand that it is easy to determine the drying up and the bay - touch the ground in the depths of the pot, loosen and you will understand by sensations. If it is humid inside, and after watering several days have passed, it is time to reanimate the Decembrist.
How to reanimate the Decembrist
Natalie D: I reanimated my flooded Decembrist myself, then, unfortunately, I did not know about our forum. She pulled it out of the pot, dried the roots for 3 days, changing newspapers (wrapped several times a day). Then she removed the yellow leaves and that's it. Mine was lucky, it turned out to be tenacious, sprayed with "Epin" and stood under the bag for 5 days in the bag with 2 one-time airing for 20 minutes.
Natalie: if the Decembrist leaves are sluggish, but they do not hang like rags, then you can save - take out from the pot to dry the roots on the newspapers or, wet with paper napkins, put in a fresh dry substrate and put the pot in a shaded place (temperature 24-25 ° C) on a tray with water. I.e. increase humidity, but do not water for at least two days. Then resume watering, in such a mode that it has time to dry out.
Decembrist pot
Q: Which Decembrist needs a pot? More spacious? I want to prepare in advance.
ITALIA: Every spring I transplant the Decembrist into a pot 2-4 cm wider than the previous one. During the year, the Decembrist masters the area, by winter the roots completely braid with an earthen lump, and in December-January it blooms. In general, in my opinion, plants like to bloom in rather narrow pots. But this is just my purely personal opinion. Well, if you want the Decembrist to gain leaf mass, then you should transplant it into a large pot.
Devi: The main thing is that the pot is sustainable. If you tend to pour plants, take a clay pot for the Decembrist and do not forget about drainage. Another clay pot is useful for those who leave flowers on the balcony until late autumn, or in another cool place, as well as those who have wooden frames on the windows and a cold windowsill. Otherwise, there is no difference in materials. You can put it in a plastic hanging planter. It is also important not to take a pot with a large margin - the Decembrist does not like this, he will not bloom for a long time.
What to feed the Decembrist
Question: How to feed the Decembrist?
Buttercup: I fertilize Fertica Lux (formerly called Kemira) dose 1/3 less than for all colors, everything is great.
ITALIA: I feed in spring and the first half of summer with fertilizer for cacti, and in the second half of summer and early autumn (i.e. before the dormant period) I switch to fertilizer for flowering plants.
Natalie: better fertilizer for cacti, which has a set of trace elements (boron, manganese, copper, molybdenum, etc.), a little nitrogen and more phosphorus and potassium. But in some fertilizers for cacti there is calcium, and the Decembrist does not really need it (he does not have thorns). Fertica luxury is also suitable, the dosage is 2 times less.
Difference between schlumberger (Decembrist) and ripsalidopsis
Question: What is the difference between the Decembrist and Ripsalidopsis? Mine blooms with pink flowers in spring (March, April).
Colleague: Flowers are different. Schlumberger have two-tier, as if from two of each other grown flowers. Ripsalidopsis blooms with a simple flower
Vladimir: That's right, these are different types. It is wrong to determine a schlumberger (Decembrist) by denticles or their absence, since there are two main varieties: buclea - without denticles - is very similar in leaf shape to ripsalidopsis and truncata - with denticles.
The difference between schlumberger booklea and ripsalidops: if you look at the leaves, ripsalidopsis should have pubescence, and schlumberger with bare leaves. In general, it is necessary to determine how the Colleague noted correctly only if there are colors. Yes, and even then it will not always be possible with accuracy - there are too many hybrids among the orchid cacti of our windowsills.
Therefore, the time of flowering of many of them - as they, beloved, God will put on the soul. By the way, there are still options with leaves similar to a schlumberger booklet, only very rare - chatiora or epiphyllum. Do not be surprised, and with such segments there are.