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title: "My Christmas cactus has not flowered in a while. Any advice on how to…"
description: "My Christmas cactus has not flowered in a while. Any advice on how to change that?"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Mariposa777"
published: "2025-04-24T16:54:11.220815Z"
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# My Christmas cactus has not flowered in a while. Any advice on how to…

_Posted by Mariposa777 on 2025-04-24_

My Christmas cactus has not flowered in a while. Any advice on how to change that?

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## 6 comments

### monster\_maniac commented on 2025-04-24

they flower according to season  
ex: thanksgiving cactus blooms in thanksgiving  
easter cactus blooms in easter  
so on and so on  
it could just be you have a different version

### Ms.Issy commented on 2025-04-24

What sort of fertilizer do you use? I’ve had good luck with mine flowering when I use a flowering plant specific fertilizer.  
I also believe that periods of increased darkness help jump start flowering. So, depending on where you live it might not get dark enough naturally to trigger it.

#### Mariposa777 replied on 2025-04-24

I don’t use any fertilizer, maybe that’s one of the reasons and also I have it by my window so it hasn’t had much darkness so I’ll try the flower fertilizer and change the location to a darker place  
Thanks

#### Ms.Issy replied on 2025-04-24

I hope it helps!  
I’ve never had to deal with artificially inducing flowers as I live in New England \& “the dark” could be a whole season on its own! But, I bet you can find a bunch of info on YouTube. 😊

### Sunny commented on 2025-04-24

There are several web pages on getting them to flower. Start about a month before the season. Keep it in TOTAL darkness 10-12 hours. Turning on a light or opening a door restarts the whole process. So, keep the plant in a closet or under a laundry basket covered with light blocking material. Put in bright light during the day. It typically starts putting out buds in a month. 🪴🍀

#### Mariposa777 replied on 2025-04-24

Thank you!

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