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- How to properly care for your Christ thorn - tips and tricks
- Plant the Christthorn
- Water the Christ thorn properly and fertilize
- The Christ thorn in winter
- To multiply the Christ thorn
- The heyday of the Christ thorn
- The most important thing about the Christ the thorn in brief:
- Tips
The earth of the Christ's thorn is always slightly damp
How to properly care for your Christ thorn - tips and tricks
The Christ thorn is quite popular, which is certainly not least because he needs little care. Caution is advised, however, if small children or pets belong to the household, because the Christ the Thorn is also very poisonous as a wolf milk plant.
Next article Do I have to regularly cut back my Christ's thorn?Plant the Christthorn
The Christ thorn prefers a sandy humus soil, which is also slightly sour. Coming from Madagascar he likes to be warm and in the full sun. Therefore, this plant is well suited for a south window. Even dry heating air does not harm the Christ's thorn. Incidentally, it also lends itself well to hydroculture.
Water the Christ thorn properly and fertilize
Water regularly your Christdorn so that the root ball always remains evenly moist. However, no waterlogging should arise. Therefore, the top soil layer in the pot may lightly dry in between. During the summer months you fertilize the Christdorn about every two weeks with a commercial liquid fertilizer. Immediately after repotting it should not be fertilized for a few weeks.
The Christ thorn in winter
In winter it is time for dry rest. For a few weeks you should pour the Christ thorn only very sparingly while reducing the lighting to a maximum of ten hours a day. This stimulates the flowering. The temperature may be slightly lower during drought than during the rest of the time. Later put your Christ thorn back in its usual sunny and warm place.
To multiply the Christ thorn
Propagation is possible in two ways with the thorn of Christ. While sowing is a bit time consuming, you can even use the pruning of your Christ's thorn to pull off offshoots. But this should have a length of about eight to ten centimeters.
If you place the cuttings in a jar of water for about half an hour, the toxic latex juice may drain off. Then the cuttings are allowed to dry for a few hours before they are put into a pot with potting soil. The rooting takes about a month.
The heyday of the Christ thorn
Without drought, your Christ's thorn will probably not bloom at all. Instead, he develops thin pale and flowerless shoots. By deferring drought rest, you can influence the flowering time of your Christ's thorn.
The most important thing about the Christ the thorn in brief:
Tips
The Christdorn is a relatively easy-care plant suitable for beginners, but due to its toxicity not for households with small children or animals.