Hi Amy, thanks for the shout out! With the moisture meter you have to go to the bottom of the pot and pull up slightly. You want to hit where the roots are but not pick up the moisture at the bottom of the pot. I carry a small dry dishcloth around with me to wipe off the tip. I've used a moisture meter for 7 years but have been growing plants fo over 50 years since I was a teen. When I started using a moisture meter the difference in my plants was amazing and I realized I had been watering some things way too much. Great video! My Big Red isn't budded yet but I have a pink one which is budding up nicely.

Thank you so much for the very helpful info. Have a blessed day.

Thank you Amy, very helpful ❤️

Wonderful video Amy. Thank you for always providing us with such great information!

Thanks SO much for letting me know about the Orchid Supply store...just placed my 2nd order and really appreciate the discount too! God bless!🥰

Great information!

This is a very good informational video! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing, have a Blessed day!!!

Happy Mothers Day,Amy🌺🌸

😮 I watered mine too!!!!!🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️oops! 😂 So different! So so different! Quite a learning curve! I got new orchids I'm having to learn new care for and still trying to get these guys right! 😂 keep trying is all I can do! I did get mine repotted yesterday. My soil was hard as rock! So the bark will stop that from happening now! Thanks for all the great information, thanks to all the nice community helping those of us who don't know how to grow these cactus. It's much appreciated! 😊

Thanks!

I have two easter cacti. One pink, one orange, and I was ready to toss them both, but all of a sudden they are covered in buds. My pink one has 93 buds. I stand amazed!

I live in a complex of apartments for older folks. We have a community room with the laundry facilities attached. COVID stopped the community activities and they just haven't started up again. OK, now to the issue! I noticed long ago that there was a huge old holiday cactus in the room that no one was looking after. When I'd go there, I'd throw a cup of water in the giant planter. I recently got it in my head to repot the plant once the blooming season is over, not that I expected any blooms. Today I went into the room and lo and behold! Someone had repotted it with nice soil, newly moistened, in a new pot! There are even tiny white buds on some of the leaves. It's not a very attractive plant; full of thick, woody stalks and droopy branches, but I will keep an eye on it. There is a lot of indirect lighting in there, so it should do well.

I got a cutting last may when I was in the uk, it is covered in flower buds now. I kept it in my sunroom all winter which is quite cool . I gave it very little water

Just found your channel. Great info on the Easter cactus. Have one and have been struggling to keep it alive.

Could you please do an update video on this plant? I've been misting and giving a small amount of water. I would love to get an update from you.

💚 Great video! 💚 I've always been an "under waterer" on everything I grow. In this case it's really paid off. I have a few blooms and some itsy bitsy buds forming right now. Thank you! 😇

I am so excited about this video, I was already concerned with how I was going to cool down my Easter cactus this year. I live in Wisconsin and it's hard to find a place . This is my first Easter Cactus . I tried to cool down and slow down watering this past year but maybe it was also too young but I was worried when it started limping over. Hope I can get through the shriveling. Thanks again, hope I have a good report next year.

Well, that explains why my ECs are full of buds right now ( one is juuuust starting to open!). I found that a few times over the winter I accidentally let them get bone dry a few times. It’s well past Easter, but better late than never!

Thanks for great info. on Easter cactus. I have 2 Thanksgiving cactus, one still has a few blooms. Now, I hope to purchase an Easter cactus if I can find one. I need to transplant both in bigger pots. Hope I am ok transplating mine soon??? Really enjoy your videos. Many Thanks!! Barb

I always plant my water propagated holiday cacti cuttings evenly distributed across the soil when I pot them up. I noticed that your plant looks like the propagated cuttings were bunched up and planted in the middle of the pot. Which is best. Thank you, Donna

Thank you for the blessing at the end of the video, you are saying it in such a heartfelt way that I feel it in my heart across the ocean all the way to me in Norway. 💟 When it comes to clay pots, I think that's a preference... They don't work for me... With plastic pots I lift the pot and the weight tell me if it's time to water or not, then I of course take into consideration that some are to be left lightweight (to a certain degree) in Winter. And some houseplants should never get lightweight. I feel that I have no control of the watering with clay pots because of the weight of the pot itself, and also because they dry out faster. 🙃 I noticed that the person who recommend clay pots also meant they were the right thing for Schlumbergeras, and your plants are the best proof of that not being necessary. 🤗 I had Easter Cacti for many years. Less water in Winter and they bloomed like clockwork in Spring. But they got too big, and too "coarse" (meaning the leaves grew very large). And they are more sensitive to too much sun, or too much water or that they get way too dry, then the leaves will get discoloured... So I ended up with getting rid of them to get more room for my Schlumbergeras. Flowers are not enough, the plants need to be attractive the rest of the time as well... 😉 I bought 2 new Easter Cacti this year, and it will be interesting to grow them again. One thing I bring with me from my last experience is that I will fertilize them less than I fertilize the Schlumbergeras, because I don't want the leaves of these plants to get "oversized"... I agree with you that there is not much good information about Easter Cacti from people with actual experience, so will be interesting to follow your journey with the Easter Cactus, and all the feedback that you are getting in from experienced growers. 👍 Your Easter Cactus is lovely the way it is just now. Leaves have a nice colour and a nice size. 👍

Look out for thrips ; they love Easter cactus more so then the other holiday cactus. Lynn from Ireland cued me in on this. My otherwise healthy Easter cactus growing well all this past year,started to drop claves like crazy. I've never had thrips so I used a magnifying glass and saw the boogers ! They were sucking the life from my plant. I needed it ,stripped it of all thrips and washed the roots and fresh repotted . Extra dose of Neem!💚👍 Keep Easter cactus away from your others,if you can. Hope you don't experience this!💚👍

How often do you water them?

I am so thankful for your videos! I am sad each year when my holiday cactus plants don't bloom, but I had no idea they were epiphytes! I have mine all in succulent soil. :( Is it too late to put mine in orchid bark? Or should I just let them stay until after springtime? I have some Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter cactus plants, and right now I have them all outside on a covered porch. (we live in zone 5--central IL) We've had some cooler nights actually in the upper 40s, but it's supposed to warm back up a bit, with temps in the 60s at night, so I think they are still growing well.

I forgot to ask this in my last comment, it is not regarding the Easter cactus but how do you water your plants in the moss sandwich, soaking or pour over, thank you

Amy, I'm trying to use your coupon code on the orchid supply store and it says it does not exist?

Do you also use a water meter for your orchids?? If so could you explain how etc. Thanks

Amy, why have you decided to switch from Jacks A&B to MSU fertilizer. ⁉️You were so pleased with two part system.

My Easter cactus has never bloomed. When I moved I put it in the small window above the shower. It drops a lot of leaves so I’m guessing it’s way too moist. And it now seems to have gnats. Any advice on how to fix this & get it moved to a better location? Thank you!

There are two types of Easter cacti. I can no longer find any articles referencing this. Years ago I had an Easter cactus that I finally lost in a move. That cactus had very fleshy segments with many fine aerial roots between segments. It bloomed at least twice yearly, usually in the fall and then again in the spring. The one I got around Easter 2022 is like the one you have here. It has yet to bloom. Are you familiar with the two types?

Should I propagate my Easter cactus when it’s dropping

I have a thanksgiving cactus that has a ton of new growth lots of new leaves but never bloomed. can someone tell me whats wrong??

my mom gave me a easter cactus that needs attention the leaves are dried and falling off the plant what does this mean?

Can you please give us an update ? Any blooms yet?