Good care also includes repotting your Easter cactus. This is not necessary all that often, but you can think about it every two to three years. Since this cactus has no thorns, there is no risk of injury during work.
The Easter cactus only needs to be repotted every two to three years
If the pot is too small for your cactus, repot it sooner. Be sure to wait until the end of the flowering period, otherwise the beautiful splendor will probably come to an end quickly. During this time, the Easter cactus is very sensitive to any change. Unfortunately, it also reacts to a change in location, so that a cactus bought in bloom usually loses its flowers.
What should I pay attention to when repotting?
Be careful when repotting your Easter cactus, its limbs can break off very easily. It's not a drama, but your cactus should still be handsome afterwards. Your Easter cactus only needs a larger pot if the old one is too small and you want the cactus to continue to grow. Otherwise, just swap out the old earth.
The Easter cactus prefers cactus soil, but will also thrive in a mixture of regular potting soil and sand in a ratio of about 2:1. If there is no drainage layer yet, create one. All you need is a few broken pieces of pottery or coarse gravel, because you put them in the bottom of the pot.
What do I do with broken cactus limbs?
The broken off cactus parts are well suited as cuttings. So you can multiply your Easter cactus without much effort. However, your cuttings obtained in this way should have at least two links and be about 10 cm long. You can put this cutting in the growing substrate straight away or let it dry out a little beforehand.
The essentials in brief:
- don't choose too big a pot
- be sure to use a pot with a drainage hole
- it is best to use cactus soil
- alternatively potting soil and sand 2:1
- Create a drainage layer in the new pot
- Cactus limbs break easily
- Broken links make good cuttings
tips
When repotting, the sensitive cacti limbs break off easily, so work carefully. However, the broken off links do not belong on the compost but can be used as cuttings.