--- title: "Got this amazing plant from two of my friends I’ve never been able to…" description: "Got this amazing plant from two of my friends I’ve never been able to keep one live any practical tips for growing them? Also is the pink heathy? Thanks!❤️" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/S3CAZhnCWPoifDS0rCzuD6?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Jemalilly" published: "2025-03-03T00:43:10.199039Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/juOEdh7LjFBc2kgfVymujqdILATWqXlFtt7-j97qYPw/ECLeCzttQtWql91xfkFTsw.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # Got this amazing plant from two of my friends I’ve never been able to… _Jemalilly님이 2025-03-03에 게시함_ Got this amazing plant from two of my friends I’ve never been able to keep one live any practical tips for growing them? Also is the pink heathy? Thanks!❤️ ![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/juOEdh7LjFBc2kgfVymujqdILATWqXlFtt7-j97qYPw/ECLeCzttQtWql91xfkFTsw.webp?size=large) ![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/juOEdh7LjFBc2kgfVymujqdILATWqXlFtt7-j97qYPw/QExyrr4dQdiQlvbR1rE8LQ.webp?size=large) ## 11개의 댓글 ### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. The pink is fine. It's probably temperature or light related. You have a Thanksgiving cactus. They grow in trees so they like well draining soil. Although they are a cactus they do not like overly dry conditions. I have found the planta app timing to be accurate. For light they're fairly versatile would prefer medium to bright indirect light. #### Planta 회원님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. Thank you! I never knew to take mine out of the cover pot!! Maybe it will improve now!! #### Jemalilly님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. Thank you!!!!!!!!!! ### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Also, make sure you take it out of that cover pot when you water it. ### JW님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I like to let it totally dry out between waters. Mine is not very picky and likes to bloom every couple months! Fertilizer in June and December, and I find if it turns slightly gray/droopy it's not the end of the world and is just it's way of telling you it's sad. Can be propagated from places where one leaf grows two leaves out of the tip. I have it on a high shelf and it makes a great trailing plant! #### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. I agree about the graying foliage but I try to not let mine get this unhappy but it can definitely recover. ### Amy님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Here’s my 3 yr old. I have her in a self watering pot in my office window that gets full sun. The first two years I only got a couple blooms. She wasn’t happy in moderate sunlight. You can see her roots in the water as well. This year, I got flowers from October until February! Pressing the flowers and am going to make coaster for my coworkers and I. These pots are great for liquid fertilizer as well. Good luck! ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ahCTRv8h6e5pa1M_fMqIQJS4xBzv5FFRs_TH1XgqF0c/1bUwjQozRNCwxTspOuB4Dw.webp?size=large) #### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. You have a beautiful plant. You may find that as it ages, it becomes thin in the center. You can avoid this by giving it an all around trim every couple of years.you do this by selectively cutting many branches at the desired depth. Make the cut in the center of a pad. This stimulates central growth. #### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. Also, what direction does your window face? I will guess north or east as south or west direct sun sounds too strong for Thanksgiving cactus. Did I guess right? #### Sarah님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. Usually you twist and break at the joint for propagating. You are saying to be sure to cut some in half with a blade, to better prompt central growth? #### Amy님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다. Actually the window is south facing :) my cat took care of trimming her last year that’s why she is in my office haha still giving her time to heal --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_