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title: "how often do i water a christmas cactus?"
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# how often do i water a christmas cactus?

_Posted by plant addiction on 2023-12-09_

how often do i water a christmas cactus?

## 3 comments

### 9s commented on 2023-12-09

Depends on if it’s flowering or not. In bloom, once a weekish. Out of bloom, once every other weekish

#### plant addiction replied on 2023-12-09

thank you

### SnappityWhizBang commented on 2023-12-09

I highly recommend that you go by dryness rather than a schedule. It completely depends on your ambient humidity as well as many other factors, so the safest is to water when completely dry if not blooming, or water when mostly dry while blooming. You can use a bamboo skewer to check way down deep in the pot— if it comes out clean then it’s completely dry (much like a toothpick when baking).

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