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title: "I place my guy in a dark-ish room for two weeks and we have buds! I…"
description: "I place my guy in a dark-ish room for two weeks and we have buds! I can’t believe it worked for me! 😅"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Aimichelle"
published: "2024-10-07T19:55:20.521647Z"
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# I place my guy in a dark-ish room for two weeks and we have buds! I…

_Posted by Aimichelle on 2024-10-07_

I place my guy in a dark-ish room for two weeks and we have buds! I can’t believe it worked for me! 😅

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/oscohr4wepQBfW7Ewl_pfy8B_Sn8u47GWQcgAFx9B-g/izgE7J6dT7qskJDAgPpk-w.webp?size=large)

## 11 comments

### Manic1 commented on 2024-10-07

Ahhhhhhh I must try this 😎

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-10-07

Same! I have things that look like buds but I’m not sure what they are. Haven’t really grown much in the last week

#### Aimichelle replied on 2024-10-07

I think I saw something like that before I moved it, they were so tiny I thought I was just imagining it. I read to give them 14 hours of darkness. I moved mine to a table that is about 20 feet from the nearest window for about 2 weeks. Now I’m going to give it a few hours of sun a day since the buds are formed. I’ll update in a couple weeks. I’ve never had one rebloom before, it’s exciting!

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-10-07

Oh so you don’t need to move it into a fully dark (no light, pitch black) room/box for 14hrs and then put it back during the day? For some reason I was envisioning having to put mine in a box in the spare room with the curtains and lights shut and was dreading having to remember to move it back every day!

Please do update! Hope yours blooms beautifully!

#### Aimichelle replied on 2024-10-09

Exactly why I procrastinated! I thought I’d forget about it. The room it was in has windows but no direct sun on any of them this time of year, just ambient light.

I didn’t move it at all for about 2 weeks. I’ve let it have sun the past 2 days and the buds are growing. I’m excited to see what happens.

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-10-12

Is this what yours looked like? I went to go move mine today and I’m not sure if they’re buds or new leaves. There’s like a tonne of them!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/kbxreZo9tY3RlsyTziQUu7yH2oqcyZEbj4wNRx6BGuU/f2PDFHSpTXiBbZ2PBeWdMA.webp?size=large)

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### Heather B commented on 2024-10-09

I have one in transit. I’ll have to remember to try this when it finally arrives.

#### Aimichelle replied on 2024-10-18

Hopefully they have already got it going for you!

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