My plant is now continuously growing new leaves at the tips, not yet on the other parts of the stem though. I wonder, if it will be safe to bring it outdoors now. We are getting low to mid 60's during the day but still getting low to mid 30's overnight. So far the winter rains has stopped, this winter proving to be drier.

Such a lovely day today! I have brought one of the pots with red bird cactus outdoors for the first time, I feel it is ready to take on the improved weather, and even if it rains, I think it can handle it now that is actively growing.

Nice, tarev.

tarev, the redbird is looking fine! I think the weather will be good for it. Mine
stays out in the fall until an expected freeze. It is still in the kitchen now because
we have temps below freezing for another two months. It is continually losing
leaves, which is typical for this time of the year. I sweep up a little pile of leaves
each morning, but in mid-April when it goes back outside, it will become very
full again.

If you want a fuller plant, there are a couple of options. You can take 8" cuttings
from each upright and just make a hole with a pencil and push the cuttings into
the soil in the same pot. The other option is to just pinch the very tip off of the
end of each stem and the plant will spread by leafing out on each side below the tip.
(The plant requires full sun for the leaf edges to turn red.)

Louise

Thanks Louise I took it in last night, seeing we have 37F again..but now it is outdoors again, to get whatever bit of sunshine..will decide again tonight if I will leave it outdoors overnight. We had another foggy chilly morning earlier, and now it is a bit breezy, sun trying its best to peek in.

My other container of Red Bird's are still indoors, that one has just started to make new leaves. So letting it enjoy indoors for now.