On January 11, 2010, I re-potted my Christmas Cacti. They had some bugs, white flies or fungus gnats. Not sure what but still had the pests. I even found a couple of baby spiders. They would not have been a problem but they were highly venomous and I had to get rid of them. The plants were looking bad and very unhappy. After I changed the soil and the pots I used insecticidal soap and washed all the leaves. Of course I used a different piece of cloth for each plant. I am going to reapply the insecticidal soap in a week as the instructions say to use if bi-weekly. My plants are starting to look very happy. The pictures are of one plant, the white one. I did this will all four of my plants. I lost most of the Yellow Christmas Cactus but with luck it will grow well now.
Plant in it's new pot.
Some of the pests
Before planting
On January 11, 2010, I re-potted my Christmas Cacti. They had some bugs, white flies or fungus gnats. Not sure what but still had the pests. I even found a couple of baby spiders. They would not have been a problem but they were highly venomous and I had to get rid of them. The plants were looking bad and very unhappy. After I changed the soil and the pots I used insecticidal soap and washed all the leaves. Of course I used a different piece of cloth for each plant. I am going to reapply the insecticidal soap in a week as the instructions say to use if bi-weekly. My plants are starting to look very happy. The pictures are of one plant, the white one. I did this will all four of my plants. I lost most of the Yellow Christmas Cactus but with luck it will grow well now.
Plant in it's new pot.
