365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Bright Star
Day 32: To encourage bloom and to ensure crisp colour unmuddied by blush tones, Zygocacti should be kept cool during the winter months. While blush doesn't matter much on the pink/red/fuchsia shades, it ages whites and yellows prematurely, and makes them appear as if they're already fading. I keep my Zygos in the back bedroom with a baseboard heater turned down low. Set back from the window roughly 8-12", they receive south light for about six hours a day. Morning and late afternoon light is filtered by trees.
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growing tips,
Zygocactus
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